The book is published under the pseudonym by a doctor a wisely uncredited bud cort who himself goes mad as a result of the number 23 and who is confronted by walter earlier in the film as the prime suspect to be topsy kretts, because his address is printed behind a page of the book. While she waits for him, agatha visits a nearby book store and buys a book, the number 23. On his birthday walter sparrow receives an old book called the number 23. After receiving an obscure book titled the number 23 from his wife virginia madsen for his birthday, walter sparrow carrey becomes increasing convinced that the book written by a topsy krettsis based on him. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. The number 23 looked like a thriller in the trailers, but it is actually an interesting view of a mans descent into madness. A novel of obsession, by an author named topsy kretts. Basically, the movie is about a dogcatcher who starts reading a book shown to him by his wife called the number 23 which is about a guy who becomes obsessed with the number 23 and then the dogcatcher guy himself starts becoming obsessed with the book, and the number 23, just. Agatha peruses a nearby book store while she waits, and finds a fascinating little book called the number 23 that she thinks walter will like. It has jim carrey playing two roles in two different realitys.
The number 23 the book is written by topsy kretts, and not only is this an immorally unclever pun, it is one that no character in the film notices until roughly the halfway point. The first idea we get that jim carrey might have mental health problems is when he doesnt throw the book in the bin immediately after noticing that it was written by someone called topsy kretts. In a performance designed to fritter away the goodwill engendered by eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, carrey stars as a wholesome husband and father whose charmed existence begins to unravel when wife virginia madsen buys him a copy of a mysterious, selfpublished book called the number 23 by the aforementioned topsy kretts, a. Some silly over the top sex scenes and a story line that you cant, or cant be bothered to follow. I was lucky enough to come of age sportswise during the heyday of the greatest athlete in the history of the universe. Writer and illustrator thomas ott sets the tone early. Jim carrey plays walter sparrow is a lazy dog catcher who hates dogs. The number 23 script transcript from the screenplay andor. Walter, aggie ducks into a used book store and picks up a tattered paperback titled the number 23.
A man is haunted by a book and becomes obsessed with the number 23. You can call me fingerling, granted, its not my real name, i got it from a childhood book. The number 23 is a 2007 american thriller film written by fernley phillips and directed by joel schumacher. Soon the detective is obsessed, too and so is walter. The number 23 is a 2007 american psychological thriller film written by fernley phillips and directed by joel schumacher. The constant references to the number 23 get to the point of being annoying.
Jul 25, 2007 walter takes the book back to the bookstore and learns it is selfpublished and selfprinted, and the author, topsy kretts, never released any other books. Jun 16, 2008 the number 23 is a novel of obsession written by topsy kretts. Waiting for walter, aggie ducks into a used book store and picks up a tattered paperback titled the number 23. Walter quickly becomes engrossed in the book, written from a firsthand perspective about a detective named fingerling played by jim carrey. And please dont think too hard about this name, or what common expression it sounds like. She later gives walter the book as a birthday present.
If that name doesnt tip you off that something is afoot. The first idea we get that jim carrey might have mental health problems is when he doesnt throw the book in the bin immediately after noticing that. The number 23 book upon acquiring a mysterious book in which the number 23 seems to take on powerful cosmic significance, a oncesane man gradually. A little eternal sunshine followed by a slice of pi. You can lose yourself for long spells in each lush image on every page. The mysterious topsy plays fast and loose with the socalled 23 enigma, a phenomenon noted by william burroughs and the occultist aleister crowley, based. The number 23 is a 2007 american psychological thriller film 3 written by fernley phillips and directed by joel schumacher.
This is the second film to pair schumacher and carrey, the first being batman. Through a series of coincidences or are they, his wife agatha virginia madsen finds a novel called the number 23 by one topsy kretts. He was apparently driven mad by the number 23, too. French has romantic designs on agatha, in parallel with events in the book. It all starts when walters wife, agatha virginia madsen, buys him a copy of a selfpublished book plothole number one called the number 23 by topsy kretts good lord. The number is, of course, 23, and it worms its way into walters brain via a privately printed novel by one topsy kretts that his wife, agatha virginia madsen, casually picks up at a used book.
Is the book s author, the mysterious topsy kretts trying to tell everyone about the deeper meaning of the number 23 or is it pure fiction. Watching 95 minutes of 23 trivia would actually be more entertaining than the film itself, but sadly it begins and were introduced to mildmannered animal control officer walter sparrow. Having skimmed most of the book, aggie decides to buy it for walter as a birthday present. They wait for topsy kretts bud cort, who, upon being confronted by walter, becomes panicked, proclaims walter should be dead and slits his own throat.
Walters wife, agatha virginia madsen, buys him a used book, the number 23, written by someone waggishly called topsy kretts. Feb 23, 2007 walters wife, agatha virginia madsen, buys him a used book, the number 23, written by someone waggishly called topsy kretts. Twentythree was a magical number to me when i was growing up. The number 23 dvd, 2007, unrated theatrical versions for. In its first paragraph, the book s protagonist, fingerling, attributes his nickname to a childrens book, fingerling at the zoo, which. Flinch denies he killed laura, says he knows nothing about the book or the number 23 either.
The film was released in the united states on february 23, 2007. Joel schumacher cant make decent films anymore, the last good film he did was 8mm. For you see, the story seems to walter like a slightly fictionalized version of his own real life. The book is a pulpy detective story in which the p. Walter spoke the name so this is how he heard it, but on the book the authors name is spelled topsy kretts.
The number 23 makes hardly any sense, and as a result, becomes irritating and boring. At a bookstore, agatha begins looking at a book titled the number 23 written by topsy kretts. In the bookstore, first holding the book and taking a look at it the number 23. Quite a bit, it turns out, and when the book is as good as the number 733042341536968, you can see why. A novel of obsession by topsy kretts which walter is reading onto its characters walter projects the people. It was subsequently released on dvd on july 24, 2007 23 july in the uk, and premiered on hbo on saturday april 19, 2008. On his 32nd birthday, he happens upon a tattered, red book named the number 23 written. Walter takes the book back to the bookstore and learns it is selfpublished and selfprinted, and the author, topsy kretts, never released any other books.
Topsy kretts is really walter himself, and the suicide blonde actually represents a girl he murdered. So when he sees the man that was the cause for him becoming obsessed with the number 23 running towards him. A novel of obsession by topsy kretts, which she gives to walter. The number 23, is by some fellow named topsy kretts, and, by golly, once walter starts reading this book its so compelling, he cant put it down the coinkydinks in his life do start. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Why does agatha buy the book titled the number 23 for her husband. Walter starts reading the book, noticing odd similarities between himself and the main character, a detective who refers to himself as fingerling. I once read that the only philosophical question that matters is whether or not to. Agatha buys the book titled the number 23 written by topsy kretts for her husband walter as a birthday present.
Its called the number 23, and its by an unknown author named topsy kretts. The book follows a man, who calls himself fingerling, as he becomes. The author who wrote the book the number 23 is walter himself. Although it only takes agatha a few minutes to read the book that relates the number 23 to all things evil, it takes walter days of anguish to get through the story of. So last night i made the poor decision to watch the number 23, a psychological thriller starring jim carrey. Its a novel, or a memoir or something, written by a man named topsy kretts get it. The number 23 promised to be a sublimely disorienting voyage into paranoia. This is the second film to pair schumacher and carrey, the. One day, he is called to lasso one, but he gets bitten instead.
With his obsession growing bigger and bigger while trying to solve the misterious number 23, walter starts to behave as the main character fingerling. Feb 21, 2007 its called the number 23, it was written by someone named topsy kretts, and its full of coincidence. Finally, the the number 23 script is here for all you fans of the jim carrey movie. Jim carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with the 23 enigma once he reads about it in a strange book that seemingly mirrors his own life. While waiting in a bookstore agatha speedreads an obscure thriller called the number 23 by topsy kretts get ittop secrets that she buys for walter on his 32 nd birthday. Aug 11, 20 the first idea we get that jim carrey might have mental health problems is when he doesnt throw the book in the bin immediately after noticing that it was written by someone called topsy kretts. On his 32nd birthday, he happens upon a tattered, red book named the number 23 written by an author with the stage persona topsy kretts. This is the second film to pair schumacher and carrey, the first.
After a series of events that makes him late for meeting his wife on his birthday 23, his wife buys him a book titled the number 23 by topsy kretts. Feb 22, 2007 the mysterious topsy plays fast and loose with the socalled 23 enigma, a phenomenon noted by william burroughs and the occultist aleister crowley, based on the number s supposedly uncanny. He starts to believe that the novel was written about his life. After work, when he goes to pick up his wife, agatha virginia madsen, she has found a selfpublished book by an author named topsy kretts and titled the number 23 its a hardboiled defectivedetective novel about a saxplaying shamus called fingerling.
Quite a bit, it turns out, and when the book is as good as the number 73304 23 41536968, you can see why. Feb 23, 2007 the number 23, is by some fellow named topsy kretts, and, by golly, once walter starts reading this book its so compelling, he cant put it down the coinkydinks in his life do start. Isaac french danny huston, a friend of agathas, whom he hopes will explain the 23 theory. Box address hidden in the back of the book and they send a shipment of 23 boxes to it, hoping to draw out the book s author. In its first paragraph, the books protagonist, fingerling, attributes his nickname to a childrens book, fingerling at the zoo, which. Sirius, who is topsy kretts, became obsessed with the number 23 after taking sparrows book for himself and publishing it. Too bad the studio wont take this film back into the editing bay for a little knifework. Its called the number 23, it was written by someone named topsy kretts, and its full of coincidence. Later in the day, his wife, agatha sparrow, surprises him with a new book.
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