The film stars colin farrell, kate beckinsale, jessica biel, bryan cranston, bokeem woodbine, john cho, and bill nighy. Colin farrell, kate beckinsale, jessica biel, bryan. Dick short story, we can remember it for you wholesale, that became the basis of the film total recall. For months the remake filmmakers attempted to distance total recall 2012 from the prior movie, which starred arnold schwarzenegger in the role of douglas quaid. Colin farrells newest sex tape was even more embarrassing than the original.
Total recall screen story and screenplay by ronald shusett and dan obannon fifth revision. At the end of the 21st century, global chemical warfare left the planet nearly uninhabitable. A movie based on the story will be released next year. Total recall is a 2012 american science fiction action film directed by len wiseman. Total recall is a 1990 american science fiction action film directed by paul verhoeven and.
Total recall script transcript from the screenplay andor arnold. Dick scripts ronald shusett and dan obannon gary goldman and philip k. Total recall by kurt wimmer revisions by mark bomback based on we can remember it for you wholesale by philip k. He is a writer and director, known for total recall 2012, equilibrium 2002. Script error for further information, see talk page. When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real or is he.
Due to the films success, a sequel was written with the script title total recall 2, and with schwarzeneggers. I would advise fans of we can remember it for you wholesale and, indeed, anyone without a platformer fetish to skip it entirely and instead stick with the original story. Finally, the total recall script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the arnold schwarzenegger movie. On june 2, 2009, variety reported that kurt wimmer would write the script for the film. Dicks short story we can remember it for you wholesale.
Bedroom in small apartment morning douglas quail and his wife kristen, are asleep in bed. The 2012 film takes it more serious, but it still coulda been more exciting. He is a writer and director, known for total recall 2012, equilibrium 2002 and law abiding citizen 2009. He visits rekall, a company that plants false memories into peoples brains, in order to experience the thrill of mars without having to travel there. The clock chimes and begins speaking in a soft, feminine voice. Total recall is not just an unsatisfying adaptation of dicks work, it is also just generally an unsuccessful film. Weve got about ten seconds before that alarm brings an entire team down here. The screenplay by kurt wimmer and mark bomback was based on the 1990 film of the same name, which was inspired by the 1966 short story we can remember it for you wholesale by philip k.