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Actors: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel

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It's a beautiful sunny day and the New Orleans ferry is full of Navy seamen and their families, en route to a party. Suddenly, a huge explosion rips the ferry apart, killing and injuring hundreds of ferry passengers. ATF
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investigator Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington)is called in to inspect the scene and search for evidence. Upon finding remnants of an explosive device, Carlin informs the local police that the explosion was an act of terrorism and not just a tragic accident. Assisting in the police investigation, Carlin observes the autopsy of a young woman whose burned body washed up on the shore near the site of the ferry explosion. Carlin discovers that the woman was murdered before the explosion and her body was placed near the scene purposely to blend in with the other victims.

Another investigator (Val Kilmer) asks Carlin to join a top-secret special team charged with reviewing audio and video footage gathered from seven satellites orbiting space. While viewing the footage from four days earlier and learning the limits of this revolutionary technology (i.e., the footage may only be played once and not rewound), Carlin realizes that he's not really viewing archived video footage, but instead peering into the past, watching events from four days ago unfold. The researchers are forced to explain that they've accidentally stumbled across a way to fold time in on itself and "time travel" to view events from four days earlier.

Armed with this new technology, Carlin and the other researchers decide to do everything they can to stop the bomber from blowing up the ferry and murdering the young woman. Chasing the suspect (Jim Caviezel) simultaneously in real time and in the past is just one of the abilities
Carlin and his team now have at their disposal with the time-travel technology. They soon learn, however, that changing the past isn't easy and that every action, no matter how small, impacts the future in ways you'd never expect.

The review of this Movie prepared by Lisa Ciurro



Script Analysis of Deja Vu

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 40%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle 30%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30% **Fantasy or Science Fiction?**    -   science fiction story Time Travel:    -   primarily to the past Spying - Investigations    -   Yes What is main char. doing?    -   finding an assassin (political) Time Travel Story?    -   Yes To what time period?    -   Present (early 21st century)

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   government investigator Age:    -   40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   Black (American)

Setting

Earth setting:    -   20th century (1970's to Present) Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes Big cities?    -   Yes Kind of city    -   Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately detailed references to deaths Kinds of F/X    -   exploding vehicles    -   exploding bombs

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