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Film 2003. Written by Dean Georgaris. Directed by John Woo. Starring Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe Morton, Michael C. Hall.
Source Features: BBB (22) TIMELINE (6) OTHER (13) THEMES (1)
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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1Airborne Express BBBServicesShipping and Storage

Airborne Express
Delivery service Michael uses to send himself a new set of personal belongings to help him change the future.



3Allcom Corp BBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

Allcom Corp
Company that hires Michael Jennings to reverse engineer a machine that can see the future.



3ARC BBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

ARC
Michael Jennings reverse engineers ARC's Living Display, a 3D computer monitor for their competitor Nexim Computers.



3ARC Living Display BBBComputersComputer Peripherals

ARC Living Display
Michael Jennings reverse engineers ARC's Living Display, a 3D computer monitor for their competitor Nexim Computers.



3Cafe Classics Organic Eatery BBBDiningCafes and Delis

Cafe Classics Organic Eatery
Cafe in the train station where Michael meets Shorty following completion of the Allcom project.



3Cafe Michel BBBDiningCafes and Delis

Cafe Michel
Michael finds a New Liberty Savings matchbook in the envelope of personal belongings that he sent to himself to help him change the future. When the logo rubs off, Michael finds the name beneath - Cafe Michel, where he is supposed to meet Rachel.



3Edison Service BBBServicesMiscellaneous Services

Edison Service
One of the new personal belongings that Michael sends to himself is a key labeled Edison, the maintenance company at the bus station where Michael meets Shorty following completion of the Allcom project.



3Emerald State LottoBBBFinancial CompaniesFinancial Services

Emerald State Lotto
Using the future technology he creates, Michael arranges to win $90 million in the Emerald State Lotto.

4Fun Feet BBBApparelClothing Stores

Fun Feet
Kiosk in the train station where Michael meets Shorty following completion of the Allcom project.



3JPLBBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

JPL
When Dekker sold his plans, he wasn't even halfway done. He was working at JPL on a laser-enhanced lens. He claimed the lens was powerful enough to see around the curvature of the universe. Dekker believed if you could around a curve that went on forever, you would end up back where you started, looking at yourself. Except you're not looking at yourself now, in the present. You're looking at the future.

4New Liberty Savings BBBFinancial CompaniesBanks

New Liberty Savings
Michael finds a New Liberty Savings matchbook in the envelope of personal belongings that he sent to himself to help him change the future. When the logo rubs off, Michael finds the name beneath - Cafe Michel, where he is supposed to meet Rachel.



3Nexim ComputersBBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

Nexim Computers
Michael Jennings reverse engineers ARC's Living Display, a 3D computer monitor for their competitor Nexim Computers.

4Northwest Taxi CoBBBTransportationTaxicabs

Northwest Taxi Co
Taxi service.

5Reddy Grant & Associates BBBFinancial CompaniesFinancial Services

Reddy Grant & Associates
Following completion the reverse engineering project for Allcom, Michael Jennings retrieves his personal belongings - which he doesn't recognize = at Reddy Grant & Associates.



3Salon BBBPersonal CareHair Products

Salon
Brand name on a can of hairspray in the envelope of personal belongings that Michael sends to himself to help him change the future.



3Seattle Free Press BBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

Seattle Free Press
Newspaper headline from the future: MACHINE PREDICTS THE FUTURE / Allcom Corp Unveils a Computerized Crystal Ball.



3Seattle Telegraph BBBPeriodicalsNewspapers

Seattle Telegraph
Newspaper headline from the future: WORLD LEADERS CONDEMN ALLCOM INVENTION.



3Seattle Tribune BBBPeriodicalsNewspaper Tribunes

Seattle Tribune
Newspaper headline from the future: Future Fears? Allcom's Device Reveals Our Bleak Future.



3Southgate BMW BBBVehiclesVehicle Dealerships

Southgate BMW
As part of his plan to change the future, Michael purchased a BMW motorcycle from the Southgate BMW dealership and mailed himself the key four weeks earlier.



3Spirit Lake BBBTobaccoCigarettes

Spirit Lake
Pack of cigarettes in the envelope of personal belongings that Michael sends to himself to help him change the future.



3Stuffed Toys BBBToysToy Stores

Stuffed Toys
Kiosk in the train station where Michael meets Shorty following completion of the Allcom project.



3Waterfront Books BBBRetailBookstores

Waterfront Books
Bookstore in the train station where Michael meets Shorty following completion of the Allcom project.



FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
3December 23, 2003 Dates21st Century: 00sEvents

December 23, 2003
Date Michael Jennings originally purchase shares of Allcom stock, which he later gave up - the question he has to figure out after his memory gets erased is: Why?



3October 19, 2004 Dates21st Century: 00sEvents

October 19, 2004
The last date that Michael Jennings remembers when he is debriefed two months later following completion of the reverse engineering project for ARC's Living Display computer monitor technology.



3December 22, 2004 Dates21st Century: 00sEvents

December 22, 2004
Michael Jennings completes the reverse engineering project for ARC's Living Display computer monitor technology, gets his memory is erased and receives his paycheck.



3May 20, 2007 Dates21st Century: 00sEvents

May 20, 2007
Michael Jennings sends himself an envelope of new personal belongings to help him change the future.



3May 21, 2007 Dates21st Century: 00sBirth Dates

May 21, 2007
Date of Airborne Express signature on the envelope of new personal belongings that Michael sends to himself to help him change the future.



3June 20, 2007 Dates21st Century: 00sEvents

June 20, 2007
Following completion the reverse engineering project for Allcom, Michael Jennings retrieves his personal belongings - which he doesn't recognize = at Reddy Grant.



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3Attorney General Friedman & Agent DodgeOtherQuotesQuotes

Attorney General Friedman & Agent Dodge
Attorney General Friedman: When Dekker sold his plans, he wasn't even halfway done. He was working at JPL on a laser-enhanced lens. He claimed the lens was powerful enough to see around the curvature of the universe. Dekker believed if you could around a curve that went on forever, you would end up back where you started, looking at yourself.
Agent Dodge: Except you're not looking at yourself now, in the present.
Attorney General Friedman: No, you are not. You're looking at the future.

4James RethrickOtherQuotesQuotes

James Rethrick
James Rethrick: Michael Jennings is not a super agent, he's an engineer. Yet, somehow he managed to escape from a double-locked room. How? Was it fate? No. Fate was on our side. That means someone who knew, changed something.

5Jimmy RethrickOtherQuotesQuotes

Jimmy Rethrick
Jimmy Rethrick: Michael Jennings died exactly three minutes after 3. And the government was left with no case. Closed its case with Allcom. So you see, it's impossible that he escaped unless you've changed something.

6Jimmy Rethrick OtherQuotesQuotes

Jimmy Rethrick
Jimmy Rethrick: Looks like Michael's got a date on the catwalks. Let's make sure he makes it.

7Jimmy RethrickOtherQuotesQuotes

Jimmy Rethrick
Jimmy Rethrick: I am the future, Mike!

8Michael JenningsOtherQuotesQuotes

Michael Jennings
Michael Jennings: Oh, my God, it's the future. The machine predicts a war - and we go to war to avert it. It predicts a plague - we herd all the sick together, create a plague. Whatever future this predicts, we make happen. We give over control of our lives completely. I did this... Seeing the future will destroy us.

9Michael JenningsOtherQuotesQuotes

Michael Jennings
Michael Jennings: If you love me, if you care about me, go. Have a good life. Remember me.

10Michael JenningsOtherQuotesQuotes

Michael Jennings
Michael Jennings: If you show someone their future, they have no future.

11ShortyOtherQuotesQuotes

Shorty
Shorty: C'mon, don't be mean to the one that does everything for you.

12ShortyOtherQuotesQuotes

Shorty
Shorty: You never once asked me what I see when I erase your memory. Basically, the last two months just never happened for you.

13ShortyOtherQuotesQuotes

Shorty
Shorty: Say one word about this hat, and I'm outta here.

14Shorty & Michael JenningsOtherQuotesQuotes

Shorty & Michael Jennings
Shorty: Look, if we know anything, we know that time travel's not possible. Einstein proved that. Right?
Michael Jennings: Time travel, yes. But Einstein was very clear that he believed time viewing, theoretically, could be accomplished.

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