Source Code (2011)
- The incredible score for Source Code was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Duncan Jones's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
- Before Jake Gyllenhaal was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
Source Code is a 2011 American science fiction thriller directed by Duncan Jones. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Captain Colter Stevens, a helicopter pilot who wakes up on a commuter train outside Chicago in another man's body. He has eight minutes to find a bomb that will destroy the train, and each time he fails and the train explodes, he is sent back to relive the same eight minutes.
Stevens gradually learns he is part of a military program called "Source Code" that allows a subject to inhabit the final eight minutes of a deceased person's consciousness, and his mission is not to prevent the train bombing โ which has already happened โ but to identify the bomber before they carry out a second, larger attack. Duncan Jones's sophomore film, following the acclaimed Moon, demonstrated his ability to create intelligent, character-driven science fiction within a mainstream framework. The film's propulsive structure โ each eight-minute cycle building on the information gathered in previous iterations โ created a narrative momentum that was both thrilling and emotionally engaging, as Stevens developed genuine feelings for a woman on the train played by Michelle Monaghan.
The film earned $147 million worldwide on a $32 million budget.
