The Fountain

film by Aronofsky [2006]

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The Fountain is a 2006 film directed by Darren Aronofsky. The movie, starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, follows a scientist's quest for a cure for his wife's cancer. The film's complex narrative led to generally negative reviews from critics, though it was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Aronofsky is known for his psychologically intense and often surreal films.123

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Darren Aronofsky
The Fountain, The Wrestler, and Black Swan
Aronofsky’s next feature was The Fountain (2006), a dramatic sci-fi epic about a scientist (Hugh Jackman) who desperately seeks a cure for his wife (Rachel Weisz), who has cancer. The film took longer than expected to complete because its original star, Brad Pitt, quit the project seven weeks before…
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Aronofsky’s next feature was The Fountain (2006), a dramatic sci-fi epic about a scientist (Hugh Jackman) who desperately seeks a cure for his wife (Rachel Weisz), who has cancer. The film took longer than expected to complete because its original star, Brad Pitt, quit the project seven weeks before…
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Hugh Jackman
Hollywood and Broadway stardom
…with the ambitious science-fiction romance The Fountain (2006) and the dramatic thriller The Prestige (2006) as well as X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In 2008 he starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann’s lush historical epic Australia. While the film itself met with mixed reviews, Jackman’s performance was widely praised.…
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…with the ambitious science-fiction romance The Fountain (2006) and the dramatic thriller The Prestige (2006) as well as X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In 2008 he starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann’s lush historical epic Australia. While the film itself met with mixed reviews, Jackman’s performance was widely praised.…
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Rachel Weisz
In 2006 Weisz starred in The Fountain, directed by then boyfriend Darren Aronofsky, with whom she had a child that same year. She later appeared in The Lovely Bones (2009), directed by Peter Jackson, and The Whistleblower (2010). Weisz then received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in The…
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In 2006 Weisz starred in The Fountain, directed by then boyfriend Darren Aronofsky, with whom she had a child that same year. She later appeared in The Lovely Bones (2009), directed by Peter Jackson, and The Whistleblower (2010). Weisz then received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in The…
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