Undermind (film)

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Undermind
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Directed byNevil Dwek
Written byNevil Dwek
Produced byFred Bernstein
Mark Tarlov
Starring Sam Trammell
Erik Jensen
Susan May Pratt
Celia Weston
Jon De Vries
Aasif Mandvi
Tara Subkoff
Peter Giles
Ellen Pompeo
Michael Ryan Segal
Jeffrey Emerson
Guillermo Díaz
David Frank
Rocco Sisto
Aliya Campbell
David Gevedon
Mike Hodge
CinematographyWolfgang Held
Edited by Andrew Weisblum
Music by Joel Goodman
Production
companies
Vertical Pictures
Double A Films
Distributed by Wellspring Media
Release date
  • July 20, 2003 (2003-07-20)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Undermind is a 2003 psychological thriller film written and directed by Nevil Dwek [1] and starring Sam Trammell, Erik Jensen, and Susan May Pratt. [2]

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Plot

Derrick, a corporate lawyer with a large trust fund, and Zane, a criminal, live in opposite social spheres. Although they have never meet, their lives are more connected than either one of them could ever imagine. One morning, the privileged Derrick wakes up in a different apartment, in bed with a woman he has never seen before. It's clear that she knows him, but she calls him Zane, and so does everybody else. Derrick finds himself living Zane's criminal life, where people strangely resemble those in his real life. Meanwhile, Zane has also entered a parallel world and must now grapple with Derrick's life. He is seduced by Derrick's privileged world of money and power, as he begins to contend with Derrick's demons. He yearns to return and improve his own life, but is completely powerless to do so. As Derrick and Zane make their way through the life of the other, they start to reshape their new worlds, in which they discover inner strengths that neither knew he possessed. [3]

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References

  1. McKay, Brian. "Undermind - Review". eFilm Critic. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. Klein, Andy (2003-08-26). "Review: 'Undermind'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. Dwek, Nevil (2003-07-20), Undermind (Crime, Drama, Fantasy), Sam Trammell, Erik Jensen, Susan May Pratt, Vertical Pictures, double A Films, retrieved 2023-08-01