Butterfly on a Wheel

Infobox Film
name = Shattered: Butterfly on a Wheel


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director = Mike Barker
producer = William Morrissey
David Valleau
Beau St. Clair
writer = William Morrissey
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starring = Pierce Brosnan
Maria Bello
Gerard Butler
Callum Keith Rennie
music = Robert Duncan
cinematography = Ashley Rowe
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distributor = Icon Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment
released = August, 2007 [cite web|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964831.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=bello|title=Bello replaces Weisz in 'Mummy'|publisher="Variety"|accessdate=2007-05-17|last=Fleming|first=Michael|date=2007-05-13]
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country = United Kingdom
Canada
language = English
budget = $20 millioncite web|url=http://www.playbackmag.com/articles/magazine/20060403/infinity.html|title=Infinity rolls Wheel with Brosnan|accessdate=2007-02-24|publisher=Playback|last=Beiks|first=Ilona|date=2006-04-06]
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website = http://www.iconmovies.net/butterfly
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imdb_id = 0489664

"Butterfly on a Wheel" (US: "Shattered") is a drama film starring Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello and Gerard Butler. It was released in 2007. The film’s title is an allusion to a line of Alexander Pope’s "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot": “Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?” The line is usually interpreted as questioning why someone would put massive effort into achieving something minor or unimportant. [cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i3ee77d6d7d2ce4c677538759e6421330|title=Lionsgate nets U.S. rights to Icon's 'Butterfly'|accessdate=2007-02-23|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Thompson|first=Anne|date=2007-02-16]

Plot summary

Chicago residents Neil Randall (Gerard Butler) and his wife, Abby Randall (Maria Bello) have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream... until today. When Sophie is suddenly kidnapped, they have no choice but to comply with the abductor's demands. The kidnapper, Tom Ryan (Pierce Brosnan), a cold and calculating sociopath, takes over their lives with the brutal efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose. In the blink of an eye Neil and Abby's safe and secure existence is turned upside down. Over the next twenty-four hours they are at the mercy of a man who wants only one thing: that they do his bidding. It soon becomes clear that Ryan's demands are all the more terrifying because he doesn't want their money. What he wants is for Neil and Abby's life, the life that they have built over 10 years, to be systematically dismantled and destroyed, piece by piece. With time running out on their little girl, Neil and Abby realize their nightmare is just about to begin. They will have to submit to Ryan's challenges over the next 24 hour period. How far will they go to save the life of their child?

Production

Pierce Brosnan joined the film's cast in late 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=17416|title=Brosnan crushes Butterfly|accessdate=2007-02-24|publisher=Empire|date=2005-10-04] Maria Bello and Gerard Butler joined production on January 19, 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.cinematical.com/2006/01/19/butterfly-cast-expands/|title=Butterfly cast expands|accessdate=2007-02-24|last=Fischer|first=Martha|date=2006-01-19]

Filming began in February, 2006 and finished the following May. Vancouver stands in for Chicago but the production shot in the latter city for landscapes before moving to the United Kingdom for post-production. Filming also took place in Los Angeles. [cite web|url=http://www.reelchicago.com/archive.cfm?storyID=1195|title=Five L.A. productions break production dry spell|accessdate=2007-02-24|last=Ratny|first=Ruth L.|date=2006-03-27]

Cast

*Pierce Brosnan - Tom Ryan
*Maria Bello - Abby Randall
*Gerard Butler - Neil Randall
*Callum Keith Rennie - Detective McGrath
*Dustin Milligan - Matt Ryan

External links

* [http://lionsgate.com/shattered/ Lionsgate Official Film Site: Shattered]
*imdb title|0489664
* [http://www.iconmovies.net/butterfly Icon Entertainment: Butterfly on a Wheel]

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