Taglines: Do you know what’s on the other side?
The Discovery movie storyline. Writer-director Charlie McDowell returns to Sundance this year with a thriller about a scientist (played by Robert Redford) who uncovers scientific proof that there is indeed an afterlife. His son is portrayed by Jason Segel, who’s not too sure about his father’s “discovery”, and Rooney Mara plays a mystery woman who has her own reasons for wanting to find out more about the afterlife.
When the scientist Thomas Harbor proves the existence of afterlife, there is a massive wave of suicides on Earth. On the second anniversary of his discovery, his estranged son Will travels on a ferry to the island where his father lives. He meets Isla, a troubled woman that lost her five-year son, and they have a conversation; then they say goodbye to each other on the arrival.
Will’s brother Tobydrives him to Thomas’s real estate, indeed a colony for troubled people that attempted to suicide. Thomas discloses that he has developed a machine to record what dead people see in the afterlife. When Will walks on the beach, he sees Isla trying to commit suicide, but he saves and brings Isla to his father’s house.
The Discovery is a 2017 British-American romantic science fiction film, directed by Charlie McDowell from a screenplay by himself and Justin Lader. It stars Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, Robert Redford, Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough, and Ron Canada. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. In June 2016, Netflix acquired global distribution rights to the film, with a planned 2017 release. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. The film was released on March 31, 2017.
The Discovery (2017)
Directed by: Charlie McDowell
Starring: Robert Redford, Mary Steenburgen, Rooney Mara, Brian McCarthy, Jason Segel, Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough, Kimleigh Smith, Ron Canada, Wendy Makkena, Adam Khaykin, Lindsay Schnebly
Screenplay by: Justin Lader, Charlie McDowell
Production Design by: Akin McKenzie
Cinematography by: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Film Editing by: Jennifer Lilly
Costume Design by: Keri Langerman
Set Decoration by: Danica Chipman
Art Direction by: Shadya H. Ballug
Music by: Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi, MPAA Rating:
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: January 20, 2017 (Sundance), March 31, 2017 (United States / Worldwide)
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