Frequency (New Line Platinum Series)
starring: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell, Andre Braugher
directed by: Gregory Hoblit
directed by: Gregory Hoblit
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A once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon of nature allows a young police officer to reach back into time to save the life of his long dead father. But changing the past leads to a string of brutal serial homicides. Now, the father and son must race against time to prevent the killer from claiming his next victim.
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Frequency is really two different--though inextricably linked--movies. First, the emotional drama of a father and son reunited after 30 years of separation. Then there's a science fiction thriller, in which a couple of chance solar storms, occurring exactly 30 years apart, can provide the agency through which the father and son can communicate using the very same ham radio in parallel time frames of 1969 and 1999. The son is John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), a cop, and his father is Frank (Dennis Quaid), a firefighter whodied on the job when John was 6, which just happens to be tomorrow for Frank when he and his now-adult son begin talking across time. This is great for John, because now he can warn his dad about the upcoming fireand avert the catastrophe that left him fatherless for most of his life. Accomplishing this gives John new memories of his life with Dad, but unfortunately alters the course of a serial killer, with tragic effect on John's family history. Since John's a cop, and the case he's working on turns out to be the same unsolved case from 30 years before, he and his fatherwork together over the ham radio to solve the case and hopefully avert thetragedy that befell their family.
Time-travel stories have always been problematic, demanding either an extra degree of credulity on the part of the audience or an extra level of explanation on the part of storytellers, which is invariably cumbersome. Frequency handles the troublesome time paradoxes by having John explain how, having altered his past, he now experiences both timelines, as if he's had two pasts that converge in his present. And as changes continueto be wrought in John's past, we see him becoming more and more confused. Nodoubt the audience can sympathize, at least those of us who try to follow theramifications of the rapidly accruing time fractures. Luckily, the bond betweenfather and son is so strongly realized in the deeply felt performances of bothCaviezel and Quaid that you don't even need to consider the science fictionelements in order to enjoy the film. But if you can suspend your disbelief longenough to allow for the possibility of time shifts, you'll have a far richer experience. --Jim Gay
A once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon of nature allows a young police officer to reach back into time to save the life of his long dead father. But changing the past leads to a string of brutal serial homicides. Now, the father and son must race against time to prevent the killer from claiming his next victim.
Amazon.com:
Frequency is really two different--though inextricably linked--movies. First, the emotional drama of a father and son reunited after 30 years of separation. Then there's a science fiction thriller, in which a couple of chance solar storms, occurring exactly 30 years apart, can provide the agency through which the father and son can communicate using the very same ham radio in parallel time frames of 1969 and 1999. The son is John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel), a cop, and his father is Frank (Dennis Quaid), a firefighter whodied on the job when John was 6, which just happens to be tomorrow for Frank when he and his now-adult son begin talking across time. This is great for John, because now he can warn his dad about the upcoming fireand avert the catastrophe that left him fatherless for most of his life. Accomplishing this gives John new memories of his life with Dad, but unfortunately alters the course of a serial killer, with tragic effect on John's family history. Since John's a cop, and the case he's working on turns out to be the same unsolved case from 30 years before, he and his fatherwork together over the ham radio to solve the case and hopefully avert thetragedy that befell their family.
Time-travel stories have always been problematic, demanding either an extra degree of credulity on the part of the audience or an extra level of explanation on the part of storytellers, which is invariably cumbersome. Frequency handles the troublesome time paradoxes by having John explain how, having altered his past, he now experiences both timelines, as if he's had two pasts that converge in his present. And as changes continueto be wrought in John's past, we see him becoming more and more confused. Nodoubt the audience can sympathize, at least those of us who try to follow theramifications of the rapidly accruing time fractures. Luckily, the bond betweenfather and son is so strongly realized in the deeply felt performances of bothCaviezel and Quaid that you don't even need to consider the science fictionelements in order to enjoy the film. But if you can suspend your disbelief longenough to allow for the possibility of time shifts, you'll have a far richer experience. --Jim Gay
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- Unforgettable
When a freak aurora borealis causes interferences in the airwaves, a father and son separated by the father's death are reunited via a shortwave radio.
That's a simple summary of what's a very complex and heartrending story. Sully (James Caviezel) is living in present day NYC in the house he grew up in.He comes across an old shortwave and hooks it up and manages to contact his Dad back in the past. He's a burned out cop whose relationship is going awry.
Frank (Dennis ... Read More
Rating: - Frequency a movie DVD
The DVD Frequency with Dennis Quaid, includes Time travel, using a ham radio,that links the present with the past through an unusual storm and Northern lights.John Sullivan, played by Jim Caviezel, a cop, links to his father, Frank Sullivan,played by Dennis Quaid, a firefighter,who was lost to him due to a tragedy of a fire. The Scifi is intensive, but very interesting.
I recommend this to those who like Scifi and Time Travel. My order was promptly acknowledged and arrived in good time. The ... Read More
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- Back to the past to the future to the past to the future, and so on...
Looks like everybody enjoyed this film.Totally implausible but fun to the max. Dennis Quaid warm, comfortable, charming, as usual.Loved it!
Rating: - frequency movie
received package in a very timely manner and it was exactly as stated.thanks
Rating: - THIS MOVIE IS THE BEST MOVIE IN THE WHOLE WORLD
THIS MOVIE HAD ME AT THE EDGE OF MY SEAT!!!!!!THIS MOVIE WILL LEAVE YOU IN SUSPENSE!! I NEVER HAD A MOVIE TO MAKE ME REALLY VALUE MY SURRONDINGS
LIKE THIS MOVIE !!! AS SOON AS I SEEN IT I WENT TO AMAZON TO BUY THE PRICE WAS A PLUS !!!! MY FAMILY AND I WILL BE WATCHING THIS MOVIE TOGETHER
I FIRST SAW IT ON STARZ CHANNEL .I WILL ALSO BE BUYING THIS MOVIE FOR A
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A RELATIVE THAT LOVES THRILLER MOVIES.I CANT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS MOVIE!!!! I WISH I COULD GIVE IT 10 STARS ... Read More
- UnforgettableWhen a freak aurora borealis causes interferences in the airwaves, a father and son separated by the father's death are reunited via a shortwave radio.
That's a simple summary of what's a very complex and heartrending story. Sully (James Caviezel) is living in present day NYC in the house he grew up in.He comes across an old shortwave and hooks it up and manages to contact his Dad back in the past. He's a burned out cop whose relationship is going awry.
Frank (Dennis ... Read More
- Frequency a movie DVDThe DVD Frequency with Dennis Quaid, includes Time travel, using a ham radio,that links the present with the past through an unusual storm and Northern lights.John Sullivan, played by Jim Caviezel, a cop, links to his father, Frank Sullivan,played by Dennis Quaid, a firefighter,who was lost to him due to a tragedy of a fire. The Scifi is intensive, but very interesting.
I recommend this to those who like Scifi and Time Travel. My order was promptly acknowledged and arrived in good time. The ... Read More
- Back to the past to the future to the past to the future, and so on...Looks like everybody enjoyed this film.Totally implausible but fun to the max. Dennis Quaid warm, comfortable, charming, as usual.Loved it!
- frequency moviereceived package in a very timely manner and it was exactly as stated.thanks
- THIS MOVIE IS THE BEST MOVIE IN THE WHOLE WORLDTHIS MOVIE HAD ME AT THE EDGE OF MY SEAT!!!!!!THIS MOVIE WILL LEAVE YOU IN SUSPENSE!! I NEVER HAD A MOVIE TO MAKE ME REALLY VALUE MY SURRONDINGS
LIKE THIS MOVIE !!! AS SOON AS I SEEN IT I WENT TO AMAZON TO BUY THE PRICE WAS A PLUS !!!! MY FAMILY AND I WILL BE WATCHING THIS MOVIE TOGETHER
I FIRST SAW IT ON STARZ CHANNEL .I WILL ALSO BE BUYING THIS MOVIE FOR A
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A RELATIVE THAT LOVES THRILLER MOVIES.I CANT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS MOVIE!!!! I WISH I COULD GIVE IT 10 STARS ... Read More
