The Number 23

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For the actual number, see 23 (number).
For another movie by a similar name, see 23 (film).

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The Number 23
Directed byJoel Schumacher
Written byFernley Phillips
Produced byBeau Flynn
Fernley Phillips
Tripp Vinson
StarringJim Carrey
Virginia Madsen
Logan Lerman
Danny Huston
Paul Butcher
Lynn Collins
Rhona Mitra
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
February 23, 2007 (USA)
LanguageEnglish

The Number 23 is a thriller film starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, and Rhona Mitra, directed by Joel Schumacher. It is scheduled for release on February 23 2007.

Plot

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Walter Sparrow reads a book titled The Number 23

Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) stumbles onto a book entitled The Number 23, a story about an individual that becomes obsessed with the number “23” and its recurrence in his everyday life. As Walter reads the novel and sees the character surrendering himself to his own paranoia, he begins to experience similar feelings of euphoria and sexual arousal. When he starts researching, Walter realizes that he and his wife met when they were both 23. He notices the recurrence of the number 23 with such 'relevant' things like Kurt Cobain's date of birth and death and the number of times Caesar was stabbed. Time and day of birth and numbers on his IDs all come to the number 23. In fact, with time, Walter begins to spot parallels between the book and the real life situations that surround him, much to the displeasure of his wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen), who becomes concerned about his behavior. His confusion continues to escalate, and he starts to believe that the novel is actually based on his own life. When he finds that, in the book, the main character’s obsession leads to his descent into madness, transformation into a serial killer, and finally his grisly demise, he panics. If the story is indeed based on Walter’s life, he decides, he needs to find a way to prevent his own impending doom.

Cast

Trivia

  • This will mark the second time Jim Carrey & Joel Schumacher will have worked together on a movie project. They previously worked together on the film Batman Forever 12 years before. Joel said on the documentary "Shadow Of The Bat" on the 2005 DVD Special Edition of Batman Forever that he would love to work with Jim again.
  • Elisabeth Shue auditioned for the female lead in this film and got the part. However, Shue had to drop out when she found out she was pregnant with her third child. The role was then given to Virginia Madsen.
  • 23 has long been associated with mystical power, sometimes known as the The 23 enigma.
  • The book Rise of the Ogre about the band Gorillaz has a page that states how 23 is all over the world.
  • The names of Jim Carrey and Joel Schumacher together have the sum of 23 letters.
  • The names of Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen together have the sum of 23 letters.
  • Carrey, in the April 17, 2006, issue of People magazine, is quoted as saying: "I've [been fixated on] the number 23 for years. It's everywhere. Each parent passes on 23 chromosomes; Earth's axis is at a 23° angle. Psalm 23 is my mantra..." The date it was said on April, 17, 2006, 4/17/2006 adds up to 23 when numbers are excluded 4+17+2=23; 17+6=23;
  • The name of Carrey's company is JC 23 Entertainment.
  • This is Joel Schumacher's 23rd film.
  • The film is being released on Febuary 23, 2007. Though this appears obvious at first 23+2007=32 23 reversed.
  • The number 23 is considered by the followers of Discordianism to be a holy number, although the film does not directly connect itself to that particular faith the themes of confusion and altered reality have some connection to the faiths beliefs.
  • In a preview for the film, a narrator mentions several circumstances related to the number 23, such as:
The human body consists of 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent.
Caesar was stabbed 23 times.
Kurt Cobain was born in 1967 and died in 1994. 1+9+6+7=23 and 1+9+9+4=23.
The invasion of Iraq began on 3/20, 2003 at 2:30
2/3 =.666…
The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8:15. 8+15=23
The number 23 has inspired many jokes based on the number 23
  EXAMPLE:22+1=23     LOL
"The number twelve looks like you" has changed their name to the number 23 looks like you"

See also

External links

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