A construction worker struggles with his psychic ability. George is a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect. Hereafter tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Pak een geweldige acteur matt damon een geweldige producer clint eastwood en geef ze een film camera.
Oct 22, 2010 hereafter was a serendipitous filmmaking experience for matt damon. Hereafter is compelling enough to stick with you long after you watch it. While in the dead zone christopher walken could do the same but he saw the past and what will be in the future. Hereafter was a serendipitous filmmaking experience for matt damon. Hereafter writer peter morgan on his most emotional screenplay yet. Of course matt damon is excellent as always but in hereafter he plays such a vulnerable character that you forget that he can also play jason bourne or will hunting. Matt damon stars as george, a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. There are so many depths and subtleties to this role and mr damon gets it all. George matt damon is a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. In clint eastwoods newest, matt damon stars the new. Hereafter 2010 matt damon as george lonegan and jay mohr as billy in hereafter.
Oct 19, 2010 hereafter stars matt damon as george, a man who sincerely believes hes able to have communication with the dead, but has fled that ability and taken a lowprofile job. He always brings me right into the character he plays. Mclaren and george mclaren in hereafter 2010 clint eastwood in hereafter 2010 frankie. George matt damon is a blue collar american with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. I enjoy psychic movies although there arent many that are realistic as this. Its earnest, serious, and inquisitive all good things in a movie, and certainly more than what you get in most movies nowadays. This is a film about the afterlife that carefully avoids committing itself on such a possibility. This was probally the best and most interesting movie i have seen with matt damon in it. A psychic, a tsunami survivor and a young boy are haunted by. Matt damon can speak to dead people and he spends the entire movie avoiding it. Matt damon is george, an ordinary guy in san francisco.
I dont believe in woowoo, but then neither, i suspect, does eastwood. The lives of a retired psychic, a french tsunami survivor and a london schoolboy intersect, forever changed by what they believe might or must exist in the hereafter. Jan 27, 2011 it is set in the us, france and britain. Hereafter tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways. Oct 14, 2010 given those images, its assumed the movie believes in the psychic friends network its set up.
The movie hereafter tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways. After working with director clint eastwood on invictus, damon was eager to return to an eastwood set and with hereafter. Big clint was huffing the glue when he was making this one, and so was roger ebert when he gave it 44. Oct 22, 2010 as for matt damon, this is a masterpiece. His breakthrough came later that year when he played the title role of an unrecognized genius in good.
Hereafter is a drama, fantasy film directed by clint eastwood and written by peter morgan. This movie was pulled from theaters in japan after the devastating. I found it interesting that this movie did not get into any kind of religion, which you would expect with a movie of this topic. In san francisco, a man named george lonegan matt damon suffers with a gift that feels, to him, more like a. Clint eastwoods hereafter considers the idea of an afterlife with tenderness, beauty and a gentle tact. Matt damon plays american factory worker george, who is able to. Hereafter a tv reporter has a neardeath experience during the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. Matt damon is an american actor, producer and screenwriter. Matt damon as george lonegan, an american factory worker and a reluctant psychic.
Clint eastwoods hereafter, starring matt damon, to close out. Hereafter, the movie, stars matt damon, was directed and produced by clint eastwood also produced by steven spielberg, and was written by peter morgan the queen, frostnixon. In 2011, he starred in the adjustment bureau, contagion, and we bought a zoo. Hereafter 2010 official trailer matt damon, clint eastwood movie. Watch matt damon be a transparent actor in a movie that goes absolutely nowhere fast. Oct 15, 2010 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing hereafter 2010 near you. With a lineup like that, you expect its going to be a good movie. Hereafter 2010 official trailer matt damon, clint eastwood movie hd.
His latest film, hereafter, is at once recognizably his in tone and. I love some of clint eastwoods movies but this one is just a good steady like. Hereafter is a 2010 american fantasy disaster drama film directed, coproduced, and scored by. Matt damon does some very good work here, and is aided by a great cast of. Hereafter is a supernatural thriller by frostnixon and the queen writer peter morgan that stars matt damon as a reluctant psychic. A hereafter where matt damon sees dead people clint eastwoods latest film is a supernatural drama about a factory worker with the ability to. The actors are on their game, and director clint eastwood displays the same surety weve seen in his previous endeavors. Hereafter tells the story of three people who are touched by death in. Hereafter 2010 matt damon, bryce dallas howard movie. This movie is very good, it kind of reminds me of the dead zone with christopher walken which i like better. Drama fantasy film geregisseerd door clint eastwood.
Bryce dallas howard as melanie, a young cooking student with a fearful dark place inside. Romana powers oct 7, 2011 uncategorized 5 comments so the other night i finally got to watch the movie directed by clint eastwood called hereafter with matt damon as the main character george who is a psychic medium that desperately wishes to live a normal life. This film has a similar story where matt damon can see people who died by touching the hands of people who knew those who died. In clint eastwoods newest, matt damon stars the new york times. Three people set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways. This movie has 3 story lines and none of them are even vaguely interesting. Clint eastwoods hereafter, starring matt damon and bryce dallas howard, will be the closing night film at this years new york film festival. Eastwood has already proven hes got solid directing chops, but hereafter may be one of his most ambitious attempts to date. And when london schoolboy marcus frankie and george mclaren loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Oct 22, 2010 in case youve missed out on the hereafter marketing blitz, heres the official synopsis. Clint eastwoods herafter, starring matt damon, is about a psychic who can help the living contact the dead. His father was of english and scottish descent, and his mother is of finnish and. Matt damon finds the hereafter with clint eastwood sheknows. George lonegan matt damon, invictus, a bay area factory worker, developed psychic powers after a childhood illness but just wants to lead a normal life, despite his brother billys efforts to turn him into a john edwardslike celebrity jay mohr plays billy.
A young boy develops a preoccupation with psychic phenomena. Clint eastwood puts his signature stamp on the direction, with a beautifully shot movie and realistic effects. The characters were all pretty interesting and i liked the way they are all tied together. Everything you need to know about hereafter movie 2010. Hereafter 2010 matt damon as george lonegan and frankiegeorge mclaren as marcus in hereafter.
After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s, damon was cast by francis ford coppola as the lead of the 1997 legal drama the rainmaker. The film ranges in tone from chaos, in the enormous tsunami opening setpiece, to the shadowed quiet, where george. Matt damon does a fine job as the reluctant psychic. The film tells three parallel stories about three people affected by death in similar waysall three have issues of communicating with the dead. The closest it comes is the idea of consciousness after apparent death. Aug 16, 2010 clint eastwoods hereafter, starring matt damon and bryce dallas howard, will be the closing night film at this years new york film festival.
Three people set out on a search for the truth after death touches their lives in different ways. This is not an action movie, its a movie that puts you in touch with your feelings and beliefs, and helps you see the complexity of everyone around you. George lonegan matt damon is a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. Production got under way in france yesterday, and will later. George matt damon is a construction worker in san francisco who can communicate with the dead. Catching up with paranormal activity 2, hereafter, and more. George matt damon is a bluecollar american who has a. Hereafter stars matt damon as george, a man who sincerely believes hes able to have communication with the dead, but has fled that ability. Damon s 2010 projects included clint eastwoods hereafter and the coen brothers remake of the 1969 john waynestarring western true grit. Clint eastwoods latest is an unholy embarrassment that everyone involved will do best to forget, writes peter bradshaw.
Read the hereafter movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The story of three people haunted by mortality in different ways, hereafter stars matt damon as a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. Even if it doesnt, damon is miscast, since as an actor hes always had a handle on downtoearth guys. However, the movie comes to an abrupt end, with each storyline wrapping up too easily. A drama centered on three people a bluecollar american, a french journalist and a london school boy who are touched by death in different ways. Clint eastwood plans london shoot for hereafter film. George lonegan is a creepy haunted loner with poor social skills, not in spite of but because hes a big hearted person who cares too much. In san francisco, a man named george lonegan matt damon suffers. He made his screen debut with a minor role in the 1988 film mystic pizza. Hereafter is a 2010 american fantasy disaster drama film directed, coproduced, and scored by clint eastwood, written by peter morgan, and executive produced by steven spielberg. After working with director clint eastwood on invictus, damon was eager to. Pictures bryce dallas howard will hellseher matt damon in hereafter zur seite stehen.
When i spoke to clint about it he said the matt damon part was his. Hereafter is an undoubtedly earnest film at times, but i think. Hereafter 2010 bryce dallas howard as melanie and matt damon as george lonegan in hereafter. I love the topic of the hereafter but this movie didnt really get into that topic it was more about the sadness of the three characters and how they were trying to deal with their miserable lives. No longer able to protect his mother, and barely able to cope with life without the brother he idolizes, marcus is sent to a foster home. Matthew paige damon was born on october 8, 1970, in boston, massachusetts, to kent damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and nancy carlssonpaige, an early childhood education professor at lesley university.
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