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I Origins

Year:
Duration:
106 min
Genres:
Drama | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Mike Cahill
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2014-09-19
Filming Locations: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $27,652 (USA) (20 July 2014)
Gross: $233,334 (USA) (3 August 2014)
Cast
Actor
Character
Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi
I Origins
Michael Pitt
Ian
Steven Yeun
Kenny
Brit Marling
Karen
Dorien Makhloghi
7-Eleven Attendant
Charles W. Gray
Marriage Clerk
John Schiumo
TV Anchor
Farasha Baylock
Posh Waitress
Ako
Nurse
Christopher Santamaria
Baby Tobias
Sebastian Santamaria
Baby Tobias
Cara Seymour
Dr. Simmons
Rhonda Ayers
Waitress
Crystal Anne Dickinson
Julie Dairy
Venida Evans
Margaret Dairy
William Mapother
Darryl Mackenzie
Kashish
Salomina
Victor Varnado
Lab Assistant
Ruth Barrie
Sophie's Grandmother (uncredited)
Tommy Bayiokos
Wedding Groom Big Tony (uncredited)
José Báez
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Maria Di Angelis
Sofi's Mother (uncredited)
Vince Edgehill
Groom (uncredited)
Brooke Fox
Assistant #3 (uncredited)
Dennis Hurley
Assistant #2 (uncredited)
Casey Krehbiel
Party Goer (uncredited)
Gregg Micheals
Upscale Bar Patron (uncredited)
Eric Rolland
Sofi's Father (uncredited)
Kat Scicluna
Sado Girl (uncredited)
Chris Victor
Victor (uncredited)
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Trivia
At the scene that starts in seven eleven and afterwards in the bus, 11's are shown everywhere and the scene ends with two eye's. This could be a reference to 11 as well since the word "eye" is pronounced as the word "I", and II can be read as 11.
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Sofi's eyes belong to Astrid Berges-Frisbey, and they were digitally added to Salomina's character, who has in fact beautiful black eyes in real life.
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In the late closing credits, many world and historical people's irises are scanned into the database (e.g., JFK, Hitler, MLK, Mandela), many of whom show up as having identical irises to persons living all over the world. The implication is that the Afterlife is *often Earthly rebirth, thus paralleling Hindu (and other) religious beliefs (lampooned by Kierkegaard).
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Goofs
Karen says the results from Salomina's test lie "within standard margin". However, one can not calculate the unbiased sample variance of one-sample sets and, hence, you can not know whether a result from a single test lies within any kind of confidence intervals or margins. In fact, the empirical variance of one-sample-sets is a sort of running gag among statisticians. Researchers with even the slightest background in statistics, let alone the internationally-known empirical scientists, would never say such a thing nor would they abandon such a promising project based on only one interview.
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Ian's glasses change between shots when he is in India. In some shots they are frameless, and in others, they have black frames.
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When Ian is video chatting with Karen on skype along with Salomina we can see the time on Karen's laptop as 5:04 PM. 5 PM in the US should be 4 AM in New Delhi but we can see in the background that its daytime in India.
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Quotes
Ian: What's wrong? I know something's wrong, so...
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Kenny: Are you hitting on the waitress in front of your pregnant wife?
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Priya Varma: You know a scientist once asked the Dalai Lama, "What would you do if something scientific disproved your religious beliefs?" And he said, after much thought, "I would look at all the papers. I'd take a look at all the research and really try to understand things. And in the end, if it was clear that the scientific evidence disproved my spiritual beliefs, I would change my beliefs."
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Faq
Q
Who are all those people shown after the end credits?
A
Based on the list at http://umbroguio.blogspot.de/2014/12/i-origins-2014.html, they are (in order)John Kennedy Elvis Presley Amelia Earhart John Lennon * Martin Luther King Saddam Hussein * Che Guevara Albert Einstein Malcom X Margaret Sanger Mahatma Gandhi * Mari Sandoz * Nikola Tesla * Indira Gandhi * Robert Oppenheimer Louis Armstrong Vladimir Lenin Jacqueline Kennedy Frank Lloyd Wright Adolf Hitler * Meyer Lansky * Al Capone Margaret Thatcher * Salvador Dali Abraham Lincoln Nelson Mandela(Note that in the source blog, Earhart is listed before Presley, which seems likely to be an error, but may be evidence of alternate versions.)All images are labeled "Target Source Match" except *, which are labeled "Not Found."
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Photos from cast
Archie Panjabi Astrid Bergès-Frisbey Dawn Sobolewski
Animated family of 5 Conflict RESOLUTION DRAWINGS Friends at school Drawing Friendship Clipart.