---
title: 'Knowing (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alex Proyas'
released: '2009-03-09'
runtime_minutes: 121
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/knowing-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448011/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Knowing (2009)

2009 · PG-13 · 121 min · Action, Science Fiction, Mystery · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Knowing is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed and co-produced by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The film, conceived and co-written by Ryne Douglas Pearson, was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially backed by Summit Entertainment. Knowing was filmed in Docklands Studios Melbourne, Australia, using various locations to represent the film's Boston-area setting. The film centers on the discovery of a strange paper filled with numbers and the possibility that they somehow predict the details of various disasters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alex Proyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-proyas)
- **Screenplay:** [Alex Proyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-proyas), [Stuart Hazeldine](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-hazeldine), [Ryne Douglas Pearson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryne-douglas-pearson)
- **Producer:** [Alex Proyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-proyas), [Steve Tisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-tisch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marco Beltrami](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-beltrami)
- **Director of Photography:** [Simon Duggan](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-duggan)

## Cast

- [Alethea McGrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/alethea-mcgrath)
- [Rose Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-byrne)
- [Adrienne Pickering](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-pickering)
- [Chandler Canterbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/chandler-canterbury)
- [Liam Hemsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-hemsworth)
- [Danielle Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/danielle-carter)
- [Lara Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lara-robinson)
- [Ben Mendelsohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-mendelsohn)
- [Nicolas Cage](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-cage) as Professor Jonathan "John" Koestler

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