The Lazarus Project

Infobox Film
name = The Lazarus Project


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director = John Glenn
producer = David Hoberman Todd Lieberman
writer = John Glenn Evan Astrowsky
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starring = Paul Walker Linda Cardellini Malcolm Goodwin Tony Curran Bob Gunton
music = Brian Tyler
cinematography = Jerzy Zielinski
editing = Fred Raskin
distributor = Sony Pictures
released = October 21 2008 (US)cite web|last=Luce|first=Patrick|title=Cheating Death is Just the Beginning When The Lazarus Project Comes to DVD|date=2008-08-12|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/news/article_1423444.php/Cheating_death_is_just_the_beginning_when_The_Lazarus_Project_comes_to_DVD|accessdate=2008-09-01 "Monsters and Critics"]
runtime = 100 min.
country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0464041

"The Lazarus Project" (formerly known as "The Heaven Project") is an upcoming drama/thriller film directed and written by John Glenn. It stars Paul Walker as Ben, a former criminal who gets a second chance at life and mysteriously ends up working at a psychiatric hospital.cite web|title=The Lazarus Project - DVD|url=http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/catalog/catalogDetail_DVD043396261815.html|accessdate=2008-09-02 "Sony Pictures Entertainment"] Linda Cardellini, Malcolm Goodwin, Tony Curran and Bob Gunton also star in the film, scheduled for a direct-to-DVD release on October 21, 2008.

ynopsis

When Ben (Walker), a reformed criminal, unexpectedly loses his job, he turns to his ex-con brother (Shawn Hatosy) which subsequently leads to a bank robbery gone horribly wrong. Sentenced to death, he wakes up from his lethal injection near a psychiatric hospital in a small Oregon town, where he is told that he has been given a second chance from God and to begin work as a groundskeeper at the hospital. As time goes on, and with a wife and daughter he left behind, he wonders whether he has truly cheated death or if he has become part of a far more sinister plan.cite web|title="ER" Star Cardellini in "Heaven"|date=2007-05-11|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN1121298220070511|accessdate=2008-09-02 "Reuters"]

Production

Written and directed by John Glenn in his directorial debut, production was originally slated for September 2005 with Mandeville Films [cite web|last=Harris|first=Dana|title=Mandeville's in 'Heaven'|date=2005-05-04|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117922182.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|accessdate=2008-01-11 "Variety"] but was ultimately delayed. Production finally began in March 2007 with filming beginning on April 27, 2007 in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada. [cite web|title=Director's Guild of Canada Manitoba District Council -- Production Profile|url=http://www.dgcmanitoba.ca/productionProfile.asp?Prod=133|accessdate=2008-09-02 "Director's Guild of Canada"]

The film will mark the first company credit for Be Good Productions, a production company created by Paul Walker, Brandon Birtell and Tim Whitcome.cite web|last=Fleming|first=Michael|title=Walker Enters 'Heaven'|date=2007-02-28|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960325.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|accessdate=2008-01-11 "Variety"]

Composer Brian Tyler will be recording the score for the film. He has stated that, "This one is going to be an ensemble type of score, very introspective, very heartfelt, it is a movie about purgatory and it's going to be different than anything I've done before, and I am really happy and very excited doing it." [cite web|title=BSOSpirit -- Interview with Brian Tyler|date=2007|url=http://www.bsospirit.com/entrevistas/tyler2007_e.php|accessdate=2008-09-02 "BSOSpirit"]

Cast

*Paul Walker as Ben Garvey, an ex-con who gets a second chance at life and begins work at a psychiatric hospital.
*Linda Cardellini as Julie, the hospital's psychiatrist who takes interest in helping Ben.cite web|title=The Lazarus Project Movie Review|date=2008-09-02|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/the-lazarus-project-2008-movie-review/|accessdate=2008-09-18 "BeyondHollywood.com"]
*Malcolm Goodwin as Robbie, one of the hospital's patients.
*Tony Curran as William, an extremely violent psychopath who claims to know why Ben is at the hospital.
*Bob Gunton as Ezra, a priest who also runs the hospital.
*Piper Perabo as Lisa Garvey, Ben's wife.
*Lambert Wilson as Avery, a mysterious figure that keeps appearing to offer unwanted guidance.
*Shawn Hatosy as Ricky Garvey, Ben's brother.

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