The Butterfly Effect [Director's Cut/Theatrical Cut] [Blu-ray]

Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Eric Bress

Overview

Final Destination 2 screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber make their directorial debut with the sci-fi thriller The Butterfly Effect. Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher with facial hair) wants to free himself from his disturbing childhood memories. As a kid, he often blacked out for long periods of time and tried to detail his life in a journal. As a young adult, he revisits the journal entries to figure out the truth about his troubled childhood friends Kayleigh (Amy Smart), Lenny (Elden Henson), and Tommy (William Lee Scott). When he discovers he can travel back in time in order to set things right, he tries to save his beloved friends. However, he finds out that relatively minor changes can make major problems for the future. The Butterfly Effect also stars Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee, and Melora Walters. The title was inspired by the story A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/17/2012
UPC:	0794043157851
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	361

Special Features

Director's Cut of the Film; Theatrical Version of the Film; The Science and Psychology of The Chaos Theory; The History and Allure of Time Travel; Director's Cut Fact Track; Director's Cut Commentary by Co-Directors and Co-Screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber; ; The Creative Process; Visual Effects; Storyboard Gallery; Deleted/Alternate Scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ashton Kutcher	Evan Treborn
Amy Smart	Kayleigh Miller
Melora Walters	Andrea Treborn
Ethan Suplee	Thumper
Elden Henson	Lenny
William Lee Scott	Tommy Miller
Eric Stoltz	Mr. Miller
John Patrick Amedori	Evan (age 13)
Irene Gorovaia	Kayleigh (age 13)
Kevin G. Schmidt	Lenny (age 13)
Jesse James	Tommy (age 13)
Logan Lerman	Evan (age 7)
Sarah Widdows	Kayleigh (age 7)
Callum Keith Rennie	Jason
Jake Kaese	Lenny at 7
Cameron Bright	Tommy at 7
Lorena Gale	Mrs. Boswell
Nathaniel DeVeaux	Dr. Redfield
John Tierney	Priest
Kendall Cross	Mrs. Kagan
John B. Lowe	Professor Carter
Camille Sullivan	Cricket
Tara Wilson	Heidi
Jesse Hutch	Spencer
Jacqueline Stewart	Gwen
Grant Thompson	Hunter
Andrew Olcott	Andrea's New Husband
Sadie Lawrence	Mrs. Halpern
Bill Croft	Boss
Glenn Richards	Pinching Customer
Sam Easton	Theta Chi Pledge
Daniel Spink	Senior Brother
Douglas H. Arthurs	Karl
Kevin Durand	Carlos
Paul Lazenby	Rick
June B. Wilde	Waitress
Kimani Smith	Orderly
Trevor Jones	Sunnyvale Guard
Colby Chartrand	Teen Punk
Shelly Schiavoni	Mrs. Miller
Brandy Heidrick	Kristen
Chapelle Jaffe	Madame Helga
Scott Swanson	Obstetrician
Kevan Ohtsji	Anesthesiologist
Melanie Hall	Gesela
Amy Esterle	Gothic Coed
David Cook	Moviegoer
Magda Apanowicz	Teen Punk Girl
Gary Little	Wedding Priest
J. Jackson Kocela	Evan at 3
Cameron Crigger	Tommy Miller at 8
Callum Rennie Keith	Actor
Ted Friend	Actor
Michael Suby	Composer

Technical Credits

Eric Bress

J. Mackye Gruber

Eric Bress	Director,Screenwriter
J. Mackye Gruber	Director,Screenwriter
Chris Bender	Producer,Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
A.J. Dix	Producer
J.C. Spink	Producer
Carmen Cuba	Casting
Ashton Kutcher	Executive Producer
Cale Boyter	Executive Producer,Producer
Richard Brener	Executive Producer,Producer
Toby Emmerich	Executive Producer,Producer
William Shively	Executive Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
Jason Goldberg	Executive Producer,Producer
David Krintzman	Executive Producer,Producer
Anthony Rhulen	Producer
Christopher Elke	Special Effects
Corbin Fox	Special Effects
Lorraine Rozon	Special Effects
James Bamford	Stunts
Murray Campbell	Special Effects
Nick Allen	Stunts
Christopher Assells	Sound Effects
Lisa Richardson	Producer
John Bires	Sound Effects
Weldon Brown	Sound Effects
John Cannon	Sound Effects
Coreen Mayrs	Casting
Heike Brandstatter	Casting
Geoffrey Grubay	Sound/Sound Designer
Daryl Powell	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Moviegoers who loved Back to the Future or Frequency salivated over the promise of The Butterfly Effect. Unfortunately for them, the film is more a repeating game of "do over" than a thought-provoking look at space-time conundrums. Taking inspiration from the notion that even a butterfly's flapping wings can send a ripple of causation through the world, the film tries to flesh out a murky premise about a boy (Ashton Kutcher) who can alter his past by mentally rearranging the writings in his diary. The words flutter, the physical world reverberates like a massive earthquake, and suddenly history has been rewritten. If what the film did with its core existential ideas was interesting, Kutcher's gift would not require in-depth explanation, nor would the rules that govern it be very important. But Butterfly is no Donnie Darko, despite stealing some of that film's tone and plot elements. Darko is far more successful at de-emphasizing plot clarity in favor of style and a penetrating emotional truth. Crucially undercutting this film's power is the fact that it presents Kutcher's alternate pasts in a sequence that builds toward the most comic version --- intentionally or otherwise --- rather than the most tragic. The writing/directing team behind Final Destination 2 brings a similar slick palette of ominous blue hues to this film. But it's Kutcher's lack of gravitas, the reason he's cast in comedies more often than thrillers, that becomes an insurmountable problem at exactly the wrong time. As a result, The Butterfly Effect has no effect.