Shutter

Synopsis: A newlywed couple Ben and Jane move to Japan for a promising job opportunity - a fashion shoot in Tokyo. During their trip on a dark forest road they experience a tragic car accident, leading to the death of a young local girl. Upon regaining consciousness, they find no trace of her body. A bit distraught the couple arrives in Tokyo to begin their new life. Meanwhile Ben begins noticing strange white blurs in many of his fashion shoot photographs. Jane believes that the blurs are actually spirit photography of the dead girl who they hit on the road, and that she may be seeking vengeance.
Director(s): Masayuki Ochiai
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
37
Rotten Tomatoes:
6%
PG-13
Year:
2008
85 min
$25,876,782
Website
678 Views


Um, so, anyway...

thank you all so much

for being here and...

- uh, let's eat some cake.

- [Cheering]

[Shutter Clicking]

[Laughing Shriek]

- ##[Dance]

- [Laughing] Careful!

[Shrieks, Chuckles]

- Ben, you're gonna drop me.

- I am gonna drop you.

- [Shrieks, Laughs] God.

- [Chuckles]

[Woman Moaning]

- Mmm, stay just like that.

- Ben...

- Enough with the pictures! [Chuckles]

- Come on!

You look beautiful!

They should be preserved for all of time.

This is what I get

for marrying a photographer.

[Groans]

What are you doing

so far away from me?

The most beautiful blushing bride

in all of Brooklyn.

Oh.

You have been wonderful

about this whole thing.

- Yes, I have been wonderful.

- Yes, you have.

I promise you, I will make it fun.

Just think, the first stamp

in your new passport is gonna beJapan.

- How cool is that?

- That is cool. That is really cool.

Well, the car will

be here in an hour.

You better hurry up if you're gonna

get this thing consummated.

God, look at that.

- Mmm, it's beautiful, huh?

- It's gorgeous!

Real quick. Get in the picture.

- Uh-oh.

- [Clicks, Beeps]

Ben.

Baby, I'm sorry.

Can you check the map?

- [Groans]

- I am so lost. I think...

- Sorry to wake you up.

- Mmm, it's okay.

Did you cross a bridge?

- What was the last thing that you passed?

- Uh, this intersection about...

[Gasps]

[Brakes Squealing, Tires Screeching]

[Groans]

[Gasps]

Jane. Jane?

Jane, honey, are you okay?

There was a girl.

We hit a girl.

- There was a girl on the road.

- Okay. Okay.

- I think she might be dead.

- [Groans]

- Jesus Christ.

- There's nothing here, Jane.

- Oh, I might've killed someone.

- Janie, there's nothin' here.

She could be covered in the snow.

Ben, we have to find her.

- Janie, there's no blood. There's nothing here.

- We have to find her.

Let me get you back in the car.

It is freezing out here.

I'm gonna call the police.

I'll get us some help.

[Man Speaking japanese]

[Speaking Japanese]

[Japanese]

- They can't just leave.

- Honey...

They searched the woods.

They called the hospitals. There's nothing.

They think we hit an animal.

You're absolutely positive that it was a girl?

Ben, she was standing right here.

Okay. Look, there's nothing else

we can do tonight.

So can we please, please just go?

[Exhales]

[Groans]

Oh, man.

[Sighs]

[Groans]

Oh, man.

[Sighs]

I think I tweaked somethin'

back there.

We did everything we could, Jane.

Look, we've only got a couple of days

before I start work. Let's try and enjoy it.

What do you say

I make us some green tea?

[Sighs]

And then we can sleep for a year.

Maybe two.

[Whispers]

Yeah.

Janie, I forgot how beautiful

the light is out here.

We have got... [Shutter Clicks]

To start taking some pictures.

What would a girl have been doing in the

middle of the road wearing a dress like that?

Jane, honey,

we have talked about this.

If there was a girl... If...

Then somebody must have stopped

and got her some help.

- I know. I just... I can't...

- Jane, please.

Stop being so dramatic about this.

If there was a girl,

I promise you...

she is somewhere right now sitting in bed,

eating ice cream and having her cast signed.

- [Chuckles]

- Come with me, and let's take some photographs.

- Baby, do they even have ice cream in Japan?

- Yes, they do.

- But... it's fish flavored.

- Oh, okay.

Right... No, no. Right...

Perfect. One second.

- Ben, it's really cold.

- I know. I'm comin'.

Okay, okay.

First, one for Mom.

- A family portrait.

- [Shutter Clicks]

- [Chuckles]

- Can I press the button?

- You wanna press the button?

- I wanna press the button.

- [Shutter Clicks]

- [jane Chuckles]

- [Ben] That's why they pay me the big bucks.

- [jane]jane is cold.

- [jane]jane's cold.

- [Ben] We should definitely,

definitely warm jane up.

[Clicks]

[Chattering In japanese]

Ben-san!

Yoko.

[Speaking Japanese]

[Speaking Japanese]

Yoko.

[Japanese]

- Oh.

- Hi.

Wife?

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- And congratulations on the job.

- Thank you.

- Ben-san!

- [Japanese]

- See ya.

- Bruno! Look at you!

- Oh!

- Two years!

- Like you never left.

- Maybe I shouldn't have.

Oh, come on. Come on.

This must beJane.

Uh, yes. Bruno, Jane.

Jane, Bruno.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- Sorry I couldn't make it, but...

- Oh, Ben's told me so much about you.

- Oh, hopefully the good stuff.

- [Chuckles]

And I'm sorry we cut short

your honeymoon.

In fact, I got the client

upstairs waiting.

- Oh, don't worry about me. Go.

- Okay.

- Good luck.

- [Ben] I'm sorry I'm late, man.

The traffc was a killer.

[Bruno] Don't worry about it.

You're the genius photographer.

That's why I brought you out here.

We finalized the last of the models.

Did you get the Polaroids we sent over?

I did get the Polaroids. There's a couple

I'd like to meet in person.

- Yeah, I bet there is.

- Oh, come on.

Talk to Adam about that tomorrow.

Now, the clients are eager to get going.

And I think I should mention they are

very pleased with our choice of photographer.

- You ready?

- Ready.

[All Speaking Japanese]

So, it's a loft conversion, but it's much nicer

on the inside. No, no. Let me get that.

All the comforts of home.

[Chuckles]

Right this way.

- ##[Background:
Techno]

- Ah. Here is the photo studio.

Come on in.

Hi! Pleasure to meet you.

Yes, this is your assistant.

Ben Shaw, Seiko Nakamura.

And this is Ben's wife, Jane.

- Hi, it's nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Does this work?

- [Chuckles] Yeah.

Let me show you

the darkroom over here...

for the black-and-white prints.

Yeah? Will it work?

- It's good?

- Yeah, yeah. Better than good.

Good. All right. Well, let's head upstairs,

and we'll check out the rest.

- [Ben] People live here?

- Well, yours is the only actual completed unit.

So, you guys'll have

the whole place to yourselves.

Be good for a couple

of newlyweds, huh?

[Voice Whispering]

[Sighs] We had, uh, most of this stuff

from another shoot.

- Figured they wouldn't miss it.

- You always were a sneaky bastard.

I had, uh, Seiko rent the rest.

- [Bruno] Not so bad, right?

- Are you kidding? It's great.

Look at this place.

- Our stuff.

- [Bruno] I gotta get back to the offce.

Man, you set us up here.

[Chuckles]

I want you to know

I really appreciate this job.

Come on. You make me look good,

you being here.

- Besides, it'll just be like old times.

- [Whispers, Indistinct]

- [Bruno] Don't forget. Dinner with Adam.

- Sounds good to me.

All right. Good night.

- [Door Closes]

- It's huge!

- My God!

- And it's all ours!

I mean, Janie,

did you see this view ofTokyo?

[Kisses]

I wish I'd brought up my camera.

Well, too bad there is nothing else

that we could do...

up here.

##[Woman Vocalizing]

Mr. Ben Shaw.

[Jane Chuckles]

[Woman]

#All these things I say #

# The way you make me feel #

#All these things I say #

# You are #

- # Good to me #

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Luke Dawson

Luke Dawson is an American screenwriter who is best known for his scripts of the remake of Shutter and the Thriller film The Lazarus Effect. more…

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