"You, me, together forever," was signed three times between father, MIT Professor Koestler (Nicolas Cage), and alcoholic, depressed over his wife's death, and his hearing-impaired (HOH)son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) in "Knowing," A thriller now in theatres this week. That scene was also in the preview trailer. If Caleb, was a Deaf child, there would've been protests as why the director didn't cast a Deaf child actor instead.You may have access to the film's official website at http://knowing-themovie.com/ . Check it out before you see the open-captioned version of the movie, or wait until its release on DVD.I wish I was at the New York premiere so I could ask the writer as why sign language was put into the script. Here is a trailer. The captioned version is available at Bill Creswell website on Deafread, I wasn't able to embedded it to this blog.
It all started in 1959 when a teacher, Miss Taylor,at a new elementary school asking her students to draw a picture of the future,that will be buried in a time capsule, to be opened 50 years from now. One of the girl, Lucinda Embray (Lara Robinson), didn't followed directions, instead scribbling down numerals, making no senses as all, following the inner voices from these "whisper people," extraterrestrials, only seen hidden in the woods during the fog. Are they watching over us? Another note, Lara also plays the role of her granddaughter in the future. Some things are best not knowing, when will we died, or even worst, the solar 
flares that obliterated our world. That wasn't in Revelation. Caleb doesn't like wearing his hearing-aid due to static interferences from unknown sources. Once again, we see sign language when Caleb and Lucinda met in the museum. They both have something in common. When Caleb brings home a sheet from the time capsule that was opened, his father noticed a pattern, numerology showing the dates, deaths, locations of all past disasters such as JFK assassination, as well as those that haven't yet occurred, which the Professor witnessed, feeling helpless that nothing could prevent these thing from happening. At one point, Caleb have a nightmare, wildlife burning in a forest fire, which the father rushed up comforted him, giving him assurances that he'll never leave him alone, was that going to affect us all, that remains to be seen. The subway incident reminds me of a day at Universal Studio. He lost faith claiming "there's a reason for everything," wait a minute, isn't his deranged father a pastor. Why are Lucinda and Caleb "predestined," to be taken to a newer world, to regenerated ourselves, seeing the symbol, "Tree of Life," lets hope they don't make the mistakes of mankind, as history can be a rerun.
flares that obliterated our world. That wasn't in Revelation. Caleb doesn't like wearing his hearing-aid due to static interferences from unknown sources. Once again, we see sign language when Caleb and Lucinda met in the museum. They both have something in common. When Caleb brings home a sheet from the time capsule that was opened, his father noticed a pattern, numerology showing the dates, deaths, locations of all past disasters such as JFK assassination, as well as those that haven't yet occurred, which the Professor witnessed, feeling helpless that nothing could prevent these thing from happening. At one point, Caleb have a nightmare, wildlife burning in a forest fire, which the father rushed up comforted him, giving him assurances that he'll never leave him alone, was that going to affect us all, that remains to be seen. The subway incident reminds me of a day at Universal Studio. He lost faith claiming "there's a reason for everything," wait a minute, isn't his deranged father a pastor. Why are Lucinda and Caleb "predestined," to be taken to a newer world, to regenerated ourselves, seeing the symbol, "Tree of Life," lets hope they don't make the mistakes of mankind, as history can be a rerun.
My verdict: "Thumbs up!"We realized that we're mortals that death is inevitable, only wish there is hope to save our world. The reasoning as to why I am doing this review is so that I may be qualified to become the first Deaf film critic in the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), and hope to be able to advocate the captioning of first-run theatrical films within the industry, obtaining promtional materials from the studios, and be invited Hollywood world premiere parties.
Revised 3/24/09
This is Smokey, stay tuned for the next episode of Deaf Anthology. Good night, Deaf America!
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