Movie
The Discovery
Overview
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-03-31
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Protagonist Pictures, Endgame Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jason Segel as Will Harbor
- Rooney Mara as Isla
- Robert Redford as Dr. Thomas Harbor
- Jesse Plemons as Toby Harbor
- Riley Keough as Lacey
- Ron Canada as Cooper
- Brian McCarthy as Andy
- Kimleigh Smith as Pam
- M.J. Karmi as Janice Phillips
- Adam Khaykin as Oliver
- Mary Steenburgen as Interviewer
- Connor Ratliff as Coroner
Crew
- Charlie McDowell - Director
- Justin Lader - Writer
- Charlie McDowell - Writer
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