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'Knowing' released, ending with an alien rescue of chosen children

When: 20 Mar 2009
Sources: 4 public sources

Alex Proyas, director of Knowing Sachyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Summit Entertainment released Alex Proyas's 'Knowing', with Nicolas Cage as an MIT astrophysicist decoding a 50-year-old list of disaster dates. Mysterious 'whisper people' prove to be benevolent aliens who carry chosen children away before a solar flare ends life on Earth.

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Press'Knowing,' but still in the dark (review by Betsy Sharkey) (opens in a new tab)Los Angeles Times / 2009-03-20
Press'Knowing' tops weekend box office (opens in a new tab)Variety / 2009-03-22
OtherKnowing - Box Office Mojo (opens in a new tab)Box Office Mojo (IMDb)
OtherSFE: Knowing (opens in a new tab)The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE)

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