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This dark psychological thriller stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life unravels after he and his wife come into contact with the obscure book titled "The Number 23." As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that his life is based on the number 23 - and that the book is actually based on his life. He becomes obsessed and consumed with the book and the number 23 and begins to realize the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have imagined.
This film is based on the "23 Enigma" - the belief that all incidents and events are connected to the number 23.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2007-02-23 |
| Rating (USA): | R |
| Release Date (UK): | 2007-02-23 |
| Rating (UK) : | 18 |
| Director: | Joel Schumacher |
| Producer: | Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson |
| Studio: | New Line Cinema |
| Writer/s: | Fernley Phillips |
Cast
| Jim Carrey | |
| Virginia Madsen |
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sgissinMar 28th, 2008 - 07:08:45
Ancient Europeans believed that the mistletoe plant held magic powers to bestow life and fertility, to bring about peace, and to protect against disease. Northern Europeans associated the mistletoe with the Norse goddess of love, fertility, and beauty, Freyja, and developed the custom of kissing underneath mistletoe branches. The human body has 46 chromosomes, which are paired, in somatic cells. Generative cells have half this number, 23, which is the number of chromosomes each parents gives to human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Freyja also bore the name Vanadís, which means 'Dís of the Vanir' or 'fair goddess' (väna means beautiful). Vanadium (named after Vanadis) is a chemical element that has the symbol V. V is the Roman numeral 5, 5 = 2 + 3. Did I mention that Vanadium has 23 protons and 23 electrons? Yes Vanadium (V), is chemical element 23 on the periodic table of the elements. Metallic vanadium was isolated by Henry Enfield Roscoe in 1867, who reduced vanadium(III) chloride VCl3 with hydrogen. The name vanadium comes from Vanadis, a goddess in Scandinavian mythology, because the element has beautiful multicolored chemical compounds. So, Vanadium, chemical element 23, was named after the goddess of fertility - well before scientists knew that each parent contributes 23 chromosomes of human DNA.
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