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6.8/10   22,827 votes
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Writer (WGA):
David Benioff (written by)
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Release Date:
21 October 2005 (USA) more
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You Can't Stay Between the Living and the Dead. more
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This movie focuses on the attempts of a psychiatrist to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality. full summary | add synopsis
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Wonderfully executed masterpiece more (319 total)

Cast

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Ewan McGregor ... Dr. Sam Foster

Ryan Gosling ... Henry Letham
Kate Burton ... Mrs. Letham

Naomi Watts ... Lila Culpepper

Elizabeth Reaser ... Athena

Bob Hoskins ... Dr. Leon Patterson

Janeane Garofalo ... Dr. Beth Levy
B.D. Wong ... Dr. Ren

John Tormey ... Custodian / Piano Mover #1
José Ramón Rosario ... Cabbie / Piano Mover #2 (as José Ramon Rosario)
Becky Ann Baker ... Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook
Lisa Kron ... Paramedic #2
Gregory Mitchell ... Dance Instructor
John Dominici ... Boy / Young Henry
Jessica Hecht ... Boy's Mother
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Also Known As:
El umbral (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Останься (Russia) [ru]
A Passagem (Brazil) [pt]
Gitme (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Reste (Canada: French title) [fr]
Stay (Finland) [fi]
Stay (Greece) [el]
Stay - Nel labirinto della mente (Italy) [it]
Tránsito (Spain) [es]
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Rated R for language and some disturbing images.
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99 min
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The original ending of the movie had Henry standing on top of the bridge (where he is last seen with Sam before the "truth" is revealed). He is shown as gray and spirit-like, looking down on the events that are happening on the bridge. more
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Factual errors: During the chess game, the move "king's rook to e3" was announced. In fact the rook was moved to e1. The next move, "knight to c3, check," didn't put the king in check and Sam didn't move the knight there. more
Quotes:
Sam Foster: What's this?
Henry Letham: I burned myself.
Sam Foster: You burned yourself? Why?
Henry Letham: Practicing for hell.
Sam Foster: Why do you think you're going to hell?
Henry Letham: Because of what I did. Because of what I'm gonna do.
Sam Foster: What are you going to do?
Henry Letham: [mimes a gun to his head]
Sam Foster: You're going to try to kill yourself? And how serious should I take this threat?
Henry Letham: Saturday at midnight. It's what I'm going to do.
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Featured in Writing the Music for 'Stay' (2006) (V) more
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Something's Got to Change more

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49 out of 65 people found the following review useful.
Wonderfully executed masterpiece, 20 May 2006
8/10
Author: Gordon-11 from Hong Kong

I saw this in the cinema solely because I had nothing else to do and that Ewan McGregor was in it. I had no idea what it was about. I am so glad that I watched it, because this film left me thinking for ages.

This is a thriller about a psychiatrist (which I happen to be one) trying to help a depressed & suicidal patient. The film twists unexpectedly all the time without getting bizarre. The visual effects are stunning, and the soundtrack created the eerie atmosphere which gave me creeps. The best thing about this film is that the film keeps you in suspense throughout the film, without the use of sudden loud noises, gore or scary scenes. Everything in the film seemed so every day life (to me anyway) and yet it keeps you on the edge all the time. The interspersed scenes of unrelated objects creates suspense in a way that is surreal. In the ending, I was totally surprised at that happened. I had to really think a lot to figure out what happened. Usually, when I don't understand a film, I say it is bad bad bad, but for this film, it leaves me wanting to find out more about it.

I strongly recommend anyone to watch this film!

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