Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his j... Read allEvan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations
Irina Gorovaia
- Kayleigh at 13
- (as Irene Gorovaia)
Nathaniel DeVeaux
- Dr. Redfield
- (as Nathaniel Deveaux)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll of the prison scenes were filmed in a real prison (Washington State) with real prisoners.
- GoofsIn the credits at the end, there is a name next to a character for "Evan at 3". Nowhere in either of the two cuts is an actor portraying Evan at three years old.
- Quotes
Jason Treborn: You can't change who people are without destroying who they were.
- Crazy creditsThe title, "The Butterfly Effect," is superimposed over a depiction of a butterfly beating its wings, which is itself superimposed upon an X-ray profile of a human brain.
- Alternate versionsThe director's cut contains a few new scenes:
- Evan discovering that his grandfather had the same gift, and also was considered crazy, like his father
- Evan and Andrea go to a palm reader that tells Evan he has no lifeline
- Andrea telling Evan she was pregnant twice before he was born.
- A scene in the prison where the prisoners publicly read Evan's journals.
- A scene in the prison where the other prisoners come to rape Evan one night.
- An extended hospital scene where Evan is visiting sick Andrea.
- An alternate ending.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Butterfly Effect: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2004)
- SoundtracksWhen Animals Attack
Written by Chris King, Dave Wadsworth, Ric Roccapriore, Keith Kaplan and Howard Karp
Performed by Even Rude
Courtesy of PWNETD Music
Featured review
Mindf@ck film just like they should be
I seldom come out and write movie reviews in IMDb but I felt this one deserved some effort from me. I don't recall any movie which made me shiver thinking about what was gonna come next when I hit pause to go for a pee or any other reason. This one is really something. There is a "Lost Highway" feel to it and the themes are closely related but...The Butterfly effect is in fact more complex.It is a really disturbing movie, not so much for what it shows, but for what it keeps you guessing - like all true thriller masterpieces - , about events that take or might take place, and above all, about human sanity and the subtle twist there is between the average Joe's walk of life and outright perversion. Requires multiple - rewarding - viewings.
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- kowloonzai
- Jul 26, 2012
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- Also known as
- El efecto mariposa
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $57,938,693
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,100,000
- Jan 25, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $96,822,421
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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