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Frequency is a 2000 American science fiction thriller drama film starring Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Shawn Doyle, Melissa Errico and Noah Emmerich.

Frequency
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gregory Hoblit
Written by	Toby Emmerich
Produced by	Gregory Hoblit Hawk Koch Toby Emmerich Bill Carraro
Starring	Dennis Quaid Jim Caviezel Andre Braugher Elizabeth Mitchell Noah Emmerich
Cinematography	Alar Kivilo
Edited by	David Rosenbloom
Music by	Michael Kamen
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	April 28, 2000 (2000-04-28)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$31 million[1]
Box office	$68.1 million[1]

Directed by Gregory Hoblit and written by Toby Emmerich, it was distributed by New Line Cinema. It also features Michael Cera in his feature film debut.

The film received positive reviews and grossed $68.1 million worldwide, against a budget of $31 million.[2][3]

Plot

John Sullivan is an NYPD detective living in his childhood home. His girlfriend Samantha leaves him for being emotionally shut off, which is implied to be the result of John losing his father, firefighter Frank to a fire when he was six years old. John's lifelong friend and neighbor, Gordo, stops by and finds a Heathkit single-sideband ham radio that once belonged to Frank, but fails to get it working.

The night before the anniversary of his father's death, John is surprised to find the radio operating during a particularly intense occurrence of the aurora borealis, and has a brief conversation with another man concerning the 1969 World Series, which John is able to recount in specific detail. He realizes from this and other details that he is communicating with his father on the same date in 1969, and warns him of the mistake that led to his death. Frank is alarmed and refuses to believe it, but the next day, while rescuing a child from a burning warehouse, recalls John's warning and survives the fire.

In 1999, John is struck with new memories of his father surviving into the 80s until his death from lung cancer. He reconnects with Frank, who now believes him.

John discovers that his present has been changed in other unexpected ways. He has inadvertently prevented the death of the "Nightingale", a serial killer who originally murdered three nurses in the 1960s and was never caught. The killer has now killed 10 women, including John's own mother Julia. To save her and the other future victims, John enlists Frank's help in stopping the Nightingale before he can kill again.

Following information from John about the killings, Frank manages to save the first victim, but when he tries to rescue the second, the Nightingale subdues him, steals his driver's license, and plants it on the victim to frame Frank for the murder.

When Frank shares his experience with his son, John realizes Frank's wallet has the Nightingale's fingerprints. John asks his father to hide the wallet somewhere in the house where John can find it 30 years later. Using the preserved fingerprints from the wallet, John identifies the Nightingale as Jack Shepard, a former detective.

In 1969, Frank's close friend (and John's future boss) detective Satch DeLeon arrests Frank on suspicion of murder; he resists, and the radio is knocked over and damaged. At the station, Frank attempts to prove his innocence to Satch by being able to accurately predict various aspects of the 1969 World Series, including the notable Game 5 "shoe polish incident". Frank escapes from the police station and breaks into Shepard's apartment, where he finds evidence of his murders. Shepard arrives and attacks Frank, who fends him off and appears to kill Shepard. Satch, having realized that Frank was telling the truth, arrives and find the victims' jewelry, exonerating Frank.

Frank returns home and fixes the radio. He chooses to quit smoking, having been warned by John that he will eventually die of lung cancer. While talking over the radio, both Frank and John are attacked by the 1969 and 1999 versions of Shepard. Frank blows off Shepard's hand and he flees. In 1999, as John fights off Shepard, the house changes rapidly around them. An elderly Frank appears and kills Shepard with the same shotgun. He and John tearfully embrace.

The film concludes with a softball game including John, Samantha (now his wife and expecting a baby), John's young son, Frank, Julia, Satch and Gordo, who has become wealthy thanks to stock tips fed to him in the past by John.

Cast

Production

The film was greenlighted for production on January 21, 1999.[4] Sylvester Stallone was rumored to be taking the role of Frank Sullivan in 1997, but fell out of the deal after a dispute over his fee.[5][6] Renny Harlin was rumored to be director on the film.[5][6] Gregory Hoblit first read the script in November 1997, eighteen months after his father's death. In a 2000 interview shortly after the American release of Frequency, he described the film as "high risk" since the project had already been passed among several directors, including one of note who had twice the budget Hoblit was given.[7] In the same interview, he described the difficulty he had finding the two leads. Hoblit realized he needed an "experienced actor" to portray Frank Sullivan and thus chose Dennis Quaid.[7]

Release

Two weeks before its release, a sneak preview of the film was shown in Final Destination.

Home media

Frequency was released on DVD on October 31, 2000 and on VHS on April 3, 2001. It was later released on Blu-ray on July 10, 2012 by Warner Home Video.[8][9][10]

Reception

Box office

Frequency was released at 2,631 theaters, making $9 million during its opening weekend. Eventually, the film grossed $45 million domestically and $23.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $68,106,245.[1][11]

Critical response

Frequency received generally positive reviews. Based on 127 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 70% approval rating with an average rating of 6.5/10. The consensus reads, "A tight blend of surprises and suspense keeps audiences spellbound."[12] On Metacritic — which assigns a weighted mean score — the film has a score of 67 out of 100 based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average score of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.[13]

Roger Ebert called the film's plot "contrived", yet gave the film a favorable review. He also pointed out similarities with the films The Sixth Sense and Ghost.[14] David Armstrong, of the San Francisco Chronicle, praised the moments in the film when John and Frank Sullivan talked to each other over the ham radio but criticized the "unintentionally funny climax." He also praised actor Shawn Doyle's performance as the Nightingale killer, calling him "convincingly creepy."[15] Todd McCarthy of Variety magazine said despite Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel's physical separation in the film, they formed a "palpable bond that [gave] the picture its tensile strength".[16] McCarthy noted that screenwriter Toby Emmerich's "bold leap into reconfiguring the past" created "agreeable surprises" and an "infinite number of possibilities" to the plot's direction. He added, however, that the serial killer subplot was "desperately familiar".[16] James Berardinelli gave the film two stars out of four, criticizing the "coincidence-laden climax" but wrote that "poor writing [did] not demand subpar acting", praising Frequency's "few nice performances".[17]

The American Radio Relay League assisted in some of the technical aspects in the film^{[citation needed]}, though some ham radio enthusiasts criticized technical errors that made it into the film.

Frequency was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, but ultimately lost out to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film's ending song, "When You Come Back to Me Again", was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.[18] Written by Jenny Yates and Garth Brooks (performed only by Brooks), the song failed to win, losing out to "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys.

Television adaptations

In November 2014, it was reported that Supernatural showrunner Jeremy Carver was in talks to produce a new television series adaptation/reboot based on the film for television network NBC. The film's writer Toby Emmerich is attached to serve as a producer for the series.[19] NBC passed on it, and a pilot was ordered at The CW in January 2016.[20] The series was canceled after one season on May 8, 2017.[21]

A South Korean adaptation of Frequency, Signal, aired on tvN from January 22 to March 12, 2016, with a sequel series currently in development.[22][23] A Japanese remake of Signal starring Kentaro Sakaguchi aired from April 10 to June 12, 2018 on Fuji TV,[24][25] while a Chinese remake of Signal, titled Unknown Number, started airing on Tencent Video on October 23, 2019.

While not a television adaptation, Frequency was briefly parodied in the television show Reno 911, where the Reno officers respond to a house fire and are urged by the homeowner to "save his novel," which turns out to mirror the plot of Frequency. The Reno officers proceed to spoil the ending of the "novel" (based on them having seen the movie), causing the homeowner to suddenly become ambivalent about having his novel saved from the flames.

See also

• List of films featuring time loops
• Ditto (2000 film)

References

External links

• Frequency at AllMovie
• Frequency at IMDb
• Frequency at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Frequency (Film)

Frequency ist ein US-amerikanisches Science-Fiction-Drama aus dem Jahr 2000, in dem ein Polizist durch ungewöhnliche Umstände die Möglichkeit erhält, per Amateurfunkgerät mit seinem vor Jahrzehnten verstorbenen Vater in Kontakt zu treten. Die Hauptrollen spielten Dennis Quaid und James Caviezel.

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- [en] Frequency (2000 film)

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[es] Frequency

Frequency es una película del 2000 que contiene elementos de diferentes géneros cinematográficos, tales como viajes en el tiempo, suspenso e historia contrafactual. Fue dirigida por Gregory Hoblit y escrita por Toby Emmerich. El reparto estuvo integrado por Dennis Quaid y James Caviezel como Frank y John Sullivan, padre e hijo respectivamente. El rodaje aconteció en las ciudades de Toronto y Nueva York. Tras su estreno, obtuvo críticas positivas por parte de la prensa especializada, teniendo su debut en formato DVD el 31 de octubre de 2000.[1]

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[it] Frequency - Il futuro è in ascolto

Frequency - Il futuro è in ascolto (Frequency) è un film di fantascienza del 2000, diretto da Gregory Hoblit, che narra le vicende di un uomo che riesce a mettersi in contatto, tramite una ricetrasmittente, col padre morto trent'anni prima.

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[ru] Радиоволна (фильм)

«Радиоволна» (англ. Frequency, 2000) — фильм режиссёра Грегори Хоблита с элементами жанров детективного триллера, семейной драмы, путешествий во времени и альтернативной истории. Сценарий написал Тоби Эммерих[en]. Главные роли исполняют Деннис Куэйд и Джеймс Кэвизел, по сценарию — отец и сын соответственно.

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