Eye, The (2008)

The Eye

Credits
Title:	The Eye
Directed by:	David Moreau; Xavier Palud
Written by:	Sebastian Gutierrez
Produced by:	Peter Block; Peter Chan; Doug Davison; Mike Elliott; Roy Lee; Darren Miller; Tom Ortenberg; Michael Paseornek; Don Granger; Michelle Manning; Paula Wagner
Music by:	Marco Beltrami
Cinematography:	Jeffrey Jur
Edited by:	Patrick Lussier
Production
Distributors:	Lions Gate Entertainment Paramount Vantage C/W Productions VN Productions Vertigo Entertainment
Released:	February 1st, 2008
Rating:	PG-13
Running time:	98 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Eye is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller subgenre. It is a remake of the Chinese horror movie Gin gwai, aka "The Eye" by The Pang Brothers. The American version was directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud with a screenplay written by Sebastian Gutierrez based on the original script by The Pang Brothers and Jojo Hui. It was presented by Lions Gate Entertainment & Paramount Vantage, and produced by VN Productions and C/W Productions in association with Vertigo Entertainment. The film premiered in Hollywood, California on January 31st, 2008. It opened to national release in the United States and Canada on February 1st, 2008.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Sydney Wells

Doctor Paul Faulkner

Helen Wells

Simon McCullough

Ana Christina Martinez

Rosa Martinez

Doctor Haskins

Miguel

Alicia

Shadowman

Tommi Cheung

Mrs. Cheung

Nurse

Mrs. Hillman

Ryan J. Pezdirc

Nurse room attendant

James Salas

Jim

Brett Omara

Brett

Landall Goolsby

Alex

Sarah E. Baker

Cousin Sarah

Laura Slowinski

Cynthia

Richard Redlefsen

Richard

Amanda Shamis

Amanda

Kisha Sierra

Kisha

Mark Bankins

Peekaboo

David Milchard

Café waiter #1

Kimani Ray Smith

Café waiter #2

Heather Doerksen

Sickly woman

Peter King

Burned hallway man

Tegan Moss

Teenage girl

Kam Hing Chau

Kam Lam Yuen cook

Jasmin Dring

Kam Lam Yuen waitress

James Spencer

Elevator ghost

Ingrid M. Nelson

Children's nurse

Daniel Romero

Village kid

Zak Santiago

Emilio

Juan Carlos Cantu

Factory Foreman

Mike Elliott

Driver at border

Mia Stallard

Little girl

Jane E. Goold

Little girl's mother

Tone Forrest

Bus driver

Danielle Louzeau

Teenage girl on bus

Notes & Trivia[]

This film is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong horror movie The Eye, also known as Gin gwai or Jian gui. The movie was written and directed by The Pang Brothers and co-written by Jojo Hui. It premiered in China on May 9th, 2002.
Eye (2008) and The Eye (2008) both redirect to this page.
The tagline for this film is "How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?" Another tagline is "You won't believe her eyes".
There are a total of forty-one credited cast members in this film.
Production on The Eye began on February 5th, 2007. It was filmed in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as parts of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
At its widest release, The Eye was screened in 2,470 movie theaters. It had been in release a total of forty-seven weeks (335 days).
The Eye closed out of theaters on April 10th, 2008.
The Eye was released on DVD in Region 1 format by Lions Gate Entertainment on June 3rd, 2008. This was a standard full-screen release with no special features.
The movie was released on region free Blu-ray on June 3rd, 2008. This included a DVD version of the film as well as a digital copy. The Blu-ray contains four featurettes, "Shadow World: the Paranormal Past", "Becoming Sydney", "Birth of the Shadowman", and "Dissecting a Disaster".
The central setting of this film is Los Angeles, California in the present day.
The Eye received a 22% Rotten rating on the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on seventy-nine posted critic reviews. It has an audience score of 43% based on 303,437 user ratings.
The Eye received a rating of 36/100 on Metacritic based on thirteen posted critic reviews. It has a user score of 3.2 based on 164 ratings.
The scene where Sydney receives her cornea surgery was shot at the USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
This movie makes use of a fairly uncommon film trope, which involves a subject who receives bodily donor transplants and develops characteristics in common with the donor, such as memories, skills, or personality quirks. This trope has been used in films such as Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Body Parts, and Return to Me.
Executive producer Peter Ho-Sun Chan is credited as Peter Chan in this film. Chan was also an executive producer on the original The Eye.
Associate producer Sarah Baker Grillo is credited as Sarah E. Baker in this film. She also makes an appearance in the film as Cousin Sarah.
Actor Kevin Phan is credited as Kevin K. in this film.
Actress Karen Elizabeth Austin is credited as Karen Austin in this film. She is also known for playing a Skid Row woman in When a Stranger Calls Back in 1993 and an elderly woman in 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.
Actor Brett O'Mara is credited as Brett Omara in this film. He also worked as a violin instructor on this film. He was given a "Special Thanks" credit on the featurettes included on the Blu-ray release of this film.
Actress Amanda Shamis Flannery is credited as Amanda Shamis in this film. This is her first work as an actress. Her primary occupation is that of a business and legal affairs coordinator for Lions Gate Entertainment.
Actor James H. Spencer is credited as James Spencer in this film. He is not to be confused with Beast of the Yellow Night actor James Spencer.

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