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A wealthy young man undergoing heart transplant surgery discovers that the surgical team intend to murder him.

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Clay Beresford
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Sam Lockwood
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Dr. Jack Harper
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Lilith Beresford
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Dr. Larry Lupin
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Clayton Beresford Sr.
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Dr. Jonathan Neyer
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Dr. Puttnam
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Penny Carver
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Dracula
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Young Clay (as Stephen Hinkle)
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Financial News Analyst
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Brian the Orderly
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Officer Doherty
Joseph Costa ...
Dr. Elbogen
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Dr. Neyer's Nurse
Lee Wong ...
Mr. Waturi
Kae Shimizu ...
Asian Translator
Steven Rowe ...
Teacher
Jeffrey Fierson ...
Head Chef
John C. Havens ...
Policeman
Richard Thomsen ...
Minister
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Funeral Minister
Brenda Schad ...
Pregnant Woman
Sam Pitman ...
Zombie
Ross Klavan ...
Financial News Analyst #2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Cussat ...
Hospital Pager (uncredited) (voice)
Rana Morrison ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Brian Murray ...
Student (uncredited)
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Teacher (uncredited)

Directed by

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Joby Harold

Written by

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Joby Harold ... (written by)

Produced by

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Kelly Carmichael ... executive producer
Donny Deutsch ... co-executive producer
Amy J. Kaufman ... co-producer
Jason Kliot ... producer
John Penotti ... producer
Fisher Stevens ... producer
Tory Tunnell ... co-producer
Joana Vicente ... producer
Bob Weinstein ... executive producer
Harvey Weinstein ... executive producer
Tim Williams ... executive producer

Music by

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Graeme Revell
Samuel Sim

Cinematography by

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Russell Carpenter ... director of photography

Editing by

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Craig McKay

Editorial Department

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George Bunce ... digital intermediate on-line editor
John Crowley ... colorist
Kate Eales ... co-editor
Kimberly K. Ferraro ... post-production coordinator
Rich Glassey ... post-production coordinator: Greenestreet Films
Gordon Grinberg ... co-editor
James W. Harrison III ... first assistant editor (as Jim Harrison)
David B. Hastings ... on-line editing assistant (as Dave Hastings)
Mariah Breitel Hembree ... post script services (as Mariah Breitel)
Alexander M. Pearson ... post-production production assistant
Sarah Jean Porter ... first assistant editor (as Sarah Porter)
Matthew Reedy ... senior digital intermediate producer (as Matt Reedy)
John Scott ... editorial consultant
Valdís Óskarsdóttir ... editorial consultant (as Valdis Oskarsdottir)
Ira Schweitzer ... colorist: high definition dailies (uncredited)
Corey Stewart ... digital intermediate engineer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Avy Kaufman

Production Design by

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Dina Goldman

Art Direction by

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Ben Barraud

Set Decoration by

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Tora Peterson

Costume Design by

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Cynthia Flynt

Makeup Department

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Chris Bingham ... makeup department head
Anna Hilton ... department head hair (as Anna Krommydas)
Michelle Johnson ... hair stylist: Jessica Alba & Lena Olin
Evelyne Noraz ... makeup artist: J. Alba and L. Olin
Barney Burman ... prosthetics makeup consultant (uncredited)

Production Management

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Tim Clawson ... executive in charge of physical production: The Weinstein Company
Michael Cole ... executive in charge of production: The Weinstein Company
Miles Ferguson ... post-production supervisor (as Miles H. Ferguson)
Michael Jackman ... executive in charge of post-production: The Weinstein Company (as Michael A. Jackman)
Matt Landon ... executive in charge of post-production: The Weinstein Company (as Matthew Landon)
Robin Sweet ... unit production manager (as Robin Nelson Sweet)
Lulu Zezza ... executive in charge of physical production: The Weinstein Company

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Amanda Slater ... first assistant director
Alfonso Trinidad ... key second assistant director
Michael L. Walker ... second assistant director
Zeke Dunn ... trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Glen Aldous ... camera scenic artist
Russell Bullock ... charge scenic artist
Peter Bundrick ... head carpenter
Steve Cascarelli ... set dresser (as Stephen Cascarelli)
Ipek Celik ... head shopper / set dresser
Dominick Cocuzzo ... construction grip
Pat Cocuzzo ... construction grip
David Cooney ... storyboard artist
Abariss Culjak ... props assistant
Mary Frances Eglin ... art department coordinator
Richard Hebrank ... construction coordinator (as Richie Hebrank)
Kelly Hemenway ... graphic designer (as Kelly Rae Hemenway)
T.W. John House ... key construction grip
Robert Keller ... shop craftsman
Martin Kirchoff ... shop craftsman
Anthony Klien ... construction grip
Pamela Lenau ... scenic artist
Elizabeth Minot ... additional set dresser
Wayne Moss ... key carpenter
Julio Palma ... additional set dresser
Paul Pitalo ... additional set dresser
Joseph Proscia ... leadman (as Joseph F. Proscia)
Alex Quarles ... set dresser
Adam Roffman ... property master
Alana Rose ... floral designer
Michael Rubenstein ... scenic artist
Kyle Salvatore ... on-set dresser
Anu Schwartz ... assistant property master
Brandon Stewart ... construction grip
Adam VanWagner ... art department production assistant
Joshua Barraud ... set dresser (uncredited)
Tasayu Tasnaphun ... digital artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Bob Chefalas ... re-recording mixer (as Bobby Chefalas)
Marko A. Costanzo ... foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Rich Crescenti ... adr recordist
Tim Dallesandro ... sound re-recordist
Dustin DuPilka ... apprentice sound editor
Dan Edelstein ... dialogue editor
Michael Feuser ... assistant sound editor
Chris Fondulas ... utility sound
Anguibe Guindo ... utility sound
John Gutierrez ... boom operator
Ruth Hernandez ... supervising adr editor
Paul Hsu ... sound designer
Bret Johnson ... sound re-recordist
Craig Kyllonen ... adr recordist
George A. Lara ... foley mixer
James P. Nichols ... sound technician: Dolby (as James Nichols)
Jan Petrov ... adr recordist
Mike Poppleton ... foley editor
Mary Ellen Porto ... dialogue editor
Theresa Radka ... utility sound
Nicholas Renbeck ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Trent Richmond ... adr recordist
Wyatt Sprague ... sound effects editor
Lidia Tamplenizza ... assistant sound editor
Noah Timan ... sound mixer (as Noah Vivekanand Yiman)
Steven Visscher ... supervising foley editor
Craig MacLellan ... assistant adr recordist (uncredited)
Gabriel Sanders ... utility sound (uncredited)
David Schumacher ... sound (uncredited)
Eric Thompson ... adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Russell Berg ... special effects foreman
Peter Kunz ... special effects
Dan Crawley ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Anthony Grow ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Hill Vinot ... mold maker: Burman Studios (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Chris Gelles ... visual effects executive producer: & Company
David Isyomin ... visual effects supervisor: & Company
Jeremy Fernsler ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Thomas Lynch ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Peter Bucossi ... stunt coordinator
Stephanie Finochio ... stunt double: Lilith
Samantha MacIvor ... stunt double: Sam (as Samantha Twyford)

Camera and Electrical Department

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K.C. Bailey ... still photographer
John Coots ... electrician
Jeffrey Dutemple ... first assistant camera (as Jeffrey DuTemple) / first assistant camera: Steadicam (as Jeffrey DuTemple)
George Elias ... grip
Jay Feather ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Robert K. Feldmann ... dolly grip (as Robert Feldmann)
Ken Finlay ... shop electrician
Avra Fox-Lerner ... electrician
Jamison Grella ... generator operator
Pedro Hernández ... best boy grip (as Pedro Hernandez)
Dan Kubicek ... electrician
Michael A. Leo ... additional electrician
Andrew Lowe ... shop electrician
Gary Martone ... key grip
Michael J. Maurer ... best boy electric
Tim McNulty ... camera loader
John Merriman ... best boy rigging electric
Christopher Moeller ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Joe Nittoso ... electrician
Beth O'Brien ... electrician
Hernán Otaño ... camera operator: "b" camera (as Hernan Michael Otano)
Justin Panzanaro ... grip
Christopher G. Passalaqua ... electrician
Steve Ramsey ... gaffer (as Steven Ramsey)
Michael Rudolph ... electrician
John Schwartz ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jamie Silverstein ... Steadicam operator / camera operator
David Skutch ... rigging gaffer
Igor Srubshchik ... video playback advisor
T. Ray Treece ... video assist operator
Fernando Vallejo ... camera intern
Daniel Wiener ... second assistant camera (as Dan Weiner)
Christopher Cannucciari ... additional electrician (uncredited)
Robert Carnevale ... grip (uncredited)
Luis Colon ... grip (uncredited)
Keith Gordon ... grip (uncredited)
Dennis A. Livesey ... camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)
Jason Messeri ... grip (uncredited)
Kit Pennebaker ... rigging electrician (uncredited)
Lance Rieck ... remote camera technician (uncredited)
Ethan Rosenduft ... grip (uncredited)
Jonathan Stern ... additional rigging electrician (uncredited)
Joshua Van Praag ... electrician (uncredited)
Kevin Vincent ... rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Sondra James ... adr voice casting
Meredith Jacobson Marciano ... background casting
Jason Shapiro ... background casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mark Richard Caswell ... wardrobe production assistant
Penelope Laughman ... costumer
Colleen McTigue ... wardrobe supervisor (as Colleen M. McTigue)
Amy Pickering ... wardrobe supervisor
Frankie Ritacco ... assistant costume designer (as Frankie Ritacco Sirianni)
Clifford Wray ... costumer

Location Management

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Scott Ferlisi ... assistant location manager
Gabriel Greenberg ... assistant location manager
Shane Haden ... location manager
Rana Morrison ... location assistance
Joe Sevey ... location manager
Thomas M. Sevey ... location assistant (as Tom Sevey)
Nicole Wodowski ... location scout
Kathryn Dean ... location scout (uncredited)
Aaron Hurvitz ... location scout (uncredited)
John Perez ... location scout (uncredited)
Sascha Springer ... location scout (uncredited)

Music Department

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Andy Brown ... conductor
Katie Butler ... music assistant
Missy Cohen ... music editor
Mark Curry ... scoring mixer
John M. Davis ... music editor (as John Davis)
Boris Elkis ... musician: programming and keyboards
Clarissa Farrán ... music producer (as Clarissa Farran) / orchestrator (as Clarissa Farran)
Andrew Haveron ... orchestra leader
Bob Kraushaar ... score mixer: Golddust Studios
Richard Lancaster ... assistant score engineer: Stratosphere Sound
Rachel Levy ... executive in charge of music: The Weinstein Company
Dan Lieberstein ... music supervisor
The London Metropolitan Orchestra ... music performed by / performer: London Metropolitan Orchestra
Stephen McLaughlin ... score recordist: Abbel Road Studios (as Steve McLaughlin)
Graeme Revell ... composer: theme music
Samuel Sim ... music producer / orchestrator
Annabel Thwaite ... musician: piano
Ty Unwin ... additional music programmer

Script and Continuity Department

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Anthony Pettine ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Raphael Banks ... transportation co-captain (as Raphael Andre Banks)
Theodor A. Brown ... transportation captain (as Ted Brown)
David Conelli ... camera car driver
Dennis W. Cook Jr. ... driver (as Dennis Cook)
Jimmy Heidrich ... driver
Rodney Henry ... driver
Jon M. Johnson ... parking coordinator (as John Johnson)
James Kober ... driver
Peter Kreinbihl ... driver (as Peter Krenbihl)
Ralph Mango ... driver
Gary O'Connell ... driver
Todd Parkhurst ... driver
Peter Reith ... driver
Mike Scalice ... driver
Matt Stapleton ... driver
Jerry Wiener ... driver
Drew Yanarella ... driver

Additional Crew

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Courtney Andrialis ... assistant: J. Vicente and J. Kliot
Stephen Bailey ... medical consultant (as Dr. Stephen Bailey)
Paul Bischot ... production office assistant
Kathryn Blacker ... set production assistant
Steve Boyle ... post-production accountant
Amanda Essick Burrell ... assistant: J. Penotti (as Amanda Essick)
Vicki Cherkas ... business and legal affairs executive: GreeneStreet Films
Dwayne Cooper ... assistant: H. Christensen
Thomas Cosola ... consultant: physician assistant
Joseph Costa ... consultant: physician assistant
David Crawford Jr. ... set production assistant
Angela Cutrone ... set production assistant
Alexandra Dell ... business & legal affairs executive: Greenestreet Films
Gillian DiNapoli ... double: L. Olin
Zeke Dunn ... set production assistant: Texas
Samantha Dyer ... production secretary (as Samantha Kreitzer)
Maggie Engelhardt ... production coordinator (as Maggie G. Engelhardt)
Lindsay Feldman ... assistant production coordinator
Charlotte Fleck ... dialect coach
Jesse Fox Chaney ... key set production assistant
Shayla Freeman ... set production assistant
Andrew Friedman ... assistant: F. Stevens
Shellie Gillespie ... accountant
Jessica Grant ... publicist: Jeremy Walker + Associates
Alaina Gurwitz ... production office intern
Pete Hayes ... assistant post-production accountant
Sean Hogan ... production accountant
Annabella Hursp Brown ... assistant: G. Chapman
Louis Katz ... production physician (as Louis A. Katz M.D.)
Phyllis Kaufman ... production legal
Meredith Kaunitz ... translator: Japanese
Shane Kelly ... finance executive: GreeneStreet Films
Brian Kornreich ... business & legal affairs executive: Greenestreet Films
Andrew Leroy ... assistant: J. Vicente and J. Kliot
Barry Littman ... executive in charge of business and legal affairs: The Weinstein Company
Carl Low ... stand-in: T. Howard
Boy Martell ... set production assistant (as Andre 'Boy' Martell)
Kyle Martin ... assistant: J. Harold / assistant: Mr. Harold
Mercedes Martinez ... assistant: J. Alba
Matthew Martini ... double: H. Christensen (as Matt Martini)
Mark Mikutowicz ... assistant: A. Kaufman
Christie Moreau ... adr loop group
Frank Murray ... first assistant accountant
Brian Perkis ... finance executive: Greenestreet Films
Michal Podell ... executive in charge of business and legal affairs: The Weinstein Company
Corey Roberts ... set production assistant (as Corey 'Complex' Roberts)
Thomas Rotenberg ... development assistant
Kat Scicluna ... stand-in: J. Alba (as Kat Murello)
William Sepulveda ... craft service
Adam Shah ... accounting intern
Jonathan Shukat ... assistant: J. Penotti
Salvatore E. Sutera ... set production assistant
Judd Taylor ... production office intern
Eva Vedock ... craft service
Robert Velo ... production financing
Jay B. Walker ... set production assistant: New York
Sam Weber ... set production assistant: New York
Aaron Weiss ... assistant to Tory Tunnell
David Wenzel ... stand-in: H. Christensen
Kevin Wigfall ... assistant: T. Howard (as Kevin 'Webb' Wigfall)
Elson Williams III ... set production assistant
Omar Capra ... production assistant (uncredited)
Frank Dauro ... production assistant (uncredited)
Meredith Kaunitz ... dialect coach: Japanese (uncredited)
Sean Oliver ... adr loop group (uncredited)
B. Reeves ... production assistant (uncredited)
Guillaume Renberg ... remote head technician (uncredited)
Bill Timoney ... adr voice group (uncredited)

Thanks

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Jay Baker ... special thanks
Justin Bartha ... special thanks
Will Battersby ... special thanks
Michael Bloomberg ... thanks (as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg)
Georgina Chapman ... special thanks
Stephen Clark ... special thanks
Laura Comerford ... thanks
Niloo Edward ... special thanks (as Dr. Niloo Edward)
Carlos K. Goodman ... special thanks (as Carlos Goodman)
Kris Isacsson ... special thanks
Charles Marboe ... special thanks (as Dr. Charles Marboe)
Gretchen McGowan ... thanks
Christopher Passig ... special thanks
Andrea Remanda ... special thanks
Shawn Simon ... special thanks
Michael Dart Wadsworth ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

While undergoing open heart surgery, a man's failed anesthetic leaves him completely alert, but paralyzed and unable to tell his doctors Written by Anonymous

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Taglines Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery. See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Despierto (Spain)
  • 夺命手术 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 索命麻醉 (Taiwan)
  • Наркоз (Ukraine)
  • Thức Tỉnh (Vietnam)
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Runtime
  • 84 min
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Box Office

Budget $8,600,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $5,856,872, 02 Dec 2007
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $32,685,679

Did You Know?

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Trivia Hayden Christensen replaced Jared Leto who originally was considered to play the main character. See more »
Goofs Clay's heart shows an asystole on the EKG monitor, yet the surgeon yells "V-Fib" (Ventricular Fibrillation) and calls for the defibrillator, clearly he is not in Ventricular Fibrillation but in asystole, and asystole i.e. non-beating heart, cannot and must not be defibrillated. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Juno/Starting Out in the Evening/The Savages/Hitman/The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/Redacted (2007). See more »
Soundtracks Golden Touch See more »
Quotes Dr. Jack Harper: [closing narration] At 6:32 this morning, on Thursday the 1st of November, Clayton Beresford Jr. died on my operating table. Two and a half hours later, his life was saved. There are no excuses for what we did. There's no defense, no-one to blame but us. We got what we deserved. Clay would have his revenge, and justice would finally be served. But despite all the secrets, despite all the lies, and a terrible loss, one thing really matters now. He... is... awake.
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