Hereafter (film)

Hereafter
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClint Eastwood
Written byPeter Morgan
Produced byClint Eastwood
Kathleen Kennedy
Robert Lorenz
StarringMatt Damon
Cécile de France
CinematographyTom Stern
Edited byJoel Cox
Gary D. Roach
Music byClint Eastwood
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • September 12, 2010 (2010-09-12) (TIFF)
  • October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22) (United States)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$50 million[3]
Box office$107 million[4][5]

Hereafter is a 2010 American fantasy disaster film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Peter Morgan. It tells three parallel stories about three people affected by death in similar ways—all three have issues of communicating with the dead; Matt Damon plays American factory worker George Lonegan, who is able to communicate with the dead and who has worked professionally as a clairvoyant, but no longer wants to communicate with the dead; Cécile de France plays French television journalist Marie Lelay, who survives a near-death experience during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; and British schoolboy Marcus (played by Frankie and George McLaren), who loses the person closest to him. Bryce Dallas Howard, Lyndsey Marshal, Jay Mohr and Thierry Neuvic have supporting roles.

Morgan sold the script on spec to DreamWorks in 2008, but it transferred to Warner Bros. by the time Eastwood (who has a long-standing relationship with Warner Bros.) had signed on to direct in 2009. Principal photography ran from October 2009 to February 2010 on locations in London, San Francisco, Paris and Hawaii.

Hereafter premiered as a "Special Presentation" at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010. The film was given a limited release on October 15, 2010 and was released across North America on October 22, 2010. Although a box office success, the film received mixed reviews, with critics praising the plot and acting performances, while noting that the movie suffered from a lack of focus on the story.

  1. ^ a b c Honeycutt, Kirk (14 October 2010). "Hereafter: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Hereafter". Amblin.com. Amblin Partners. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ Fritz, Ben (October 21, 2010). "Movie projector: 'Paranormal Activity 2' looking to scare 'Jackass 3-D' out of the top spot". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "Hereafter (2010) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  5. ^ "Hereafter (2010) – Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 17, 2011.