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| budget = $31.932 million<ref name="LABox">{{Cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/03/movie-projector-hop-will-jump-over-rivals-this-weekend.html |title=Movie Projector: "Hop" will jump over rivals this weekend |last=Kaufman |first=Amy |date=March 31, 2011 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=April 1, 2011 |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718112857/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/03/movie-projector-hop-will-jump-over-rivals-this-weekend.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

| gross = $147.3 million<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{Cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sourcecode.htm |title=Source Code (2011) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=May 14, 2012 |archive-date=May 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503181128/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sourcecode.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* [[Mark Gordon (film)|The Mark Gordon Company]]

* Vendôme Pictures

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'''''Source Code''''' is a 2011 U.S. [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/source-code-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zodiymtu|title=Source Code|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|quote=SOURCE CODE is a sci-fi action thriller about a soldier who wakes up on a train in the body of a stranger, and is told that he must locate the train's bomber within eight minutes.|access-date=2022-01-03|archive-date=2023-11-21|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231121115125/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/source-code-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zodiymtu|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Duncan Jones]] and written by [[Ben Ripley]]. It stars [[Jake Gyllenhaal]] as a [[U.S.United States Army|US Army]] Captain Colter Stevens,officer who is sent into an eight-minute digitalvirtual re-creation of a real-life train explosion, and tasked with determining the identity of the terrorist who bombed it. [[Michelle Monaghan]], [[Vera Farmiga]], and [[Jeffrey Wright]] play supporting roles.

It had its world premiere on March 11, 2011, at [[South by Southwest]] and was released by [[Summit Entertainment]] on April 1, 2011, in North America and Europe. It received criticalpositive acclaimreviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing over $147.3 million on a $31.9 million budget.<ref name="boxofficemojo" /><ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" />

==Plot==

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[[United States Army|U.S. Army]] pilot Captain Colter Stevens wakes up on a [[Metra]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Wronski |first=Richard |title=Compared to Metra train's movie fate, delays look tame |url=httphttps://articleswww.chicagotribune.com/2011-/03-/09/news/ctcompared-talkto-metra-trains-movie-0310fate-20110309_1_metradelays-rocklook-island-line-phil-paganotame/ |access-date=June 5, 2014 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 9, 2011 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606225501/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-03-09/news/ct-talk-metra-movie-0310-20110309_1_metra-rock-island-line-phil-pagano |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Commuter rail|commuter train]] going into [[Chicago]]. He is disoriented, as his last memory was of flying a mission in [[Afghanistan]]. However, to the world around him – including his friend Christina Warren and his reflection in the train's windows and mirrors – he appears to be a different man: a school teacher named Sean Fentress. As he expresses his confusion to Christina, the train explodes while passing by another train, killing everyone aboard.

Stevens abruptly awakens in a dimly lit cockpit. Communicating through a video screen, [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] Captain Colleen Goodwin verifies Stevens's identity and tells him of his mission to find the train bomber before sending him back to the moment he awoke on the train. Believing he is being tested in a simulation, Stevens finds the bomb in a vent inside the lavatory but is unable to identify the bomber. Still thinking he is in a simulation, Stevens leaves the bomb and goes back down to the main cabin before the train explodes again.

Stevens again reawakens in his capsule and after demanding to be briefed, learns that the train explosion actually happened and that it was merely the first attack of a suspected series. He is sent back yet again, eight minutes before the explosion, to identify the bomber. This time, he disembarks from the train (with Christina) to follow a suspect. This turns out to be a dead end, the train still explodes in the distance, and Stevens is killed by a passing train after falling onto the tracks while interrogating the suspect.

The capsule power supply malfunctions as Stevens reawakens. He claims to have saved Christina, but Dr. Rutledge, head of the project, tells him that she was saved only inside the "Source Code". Rutledge explains that the Source Code is an experimental machine that reconstructs the past using the dead passengers' residual collective memories of eight minutes before their deaths. Therefore, the only thing that matters is finding the bomber to prevent the upcoming second attack in Chicago.

On histhe next run-in, Stevens learns that he was reported as killed in action two months earlier. He confronts Goodwin, who reveals that he is missing most of his body, is on life support, and is hooked up to neural sensors. The capsule and his healthy body are "manifestations" made by his mind to make sense of the environment. Stevens is angry at this forced imprisonment. Rutledge offers to [[Assisted suicide|terminate]] him after the mission, and Stevens eventually accepts.

After numerous attempts, including being arrested by train security for trying to obtain a weapon, Stevens identifies the bomber through a fallen wallet as the nihilistic domestic terrorist Derek Frost. He memorizes Frost's license and vehicle registration plates, and discovers a [[dirty bomb]] built inside a van owned by Frost; Christina follows him, and Frost shoots both of them dead.

Outside the Source Code, Stevens relays his knowledge to Goodwin, which helps the police arrest Frost and prevents the second attack. He is congratulated for completing his mission. Rutledge secretly reneges on his deal to let Stevens die, as he is still the only candidate able to enter the Source Code.

Being more sympathetic to his plight, Goodwin sends Stevens back one last time and promises to disconnect his life support after eight minutes. This time, he sets a date with Christina, defuses the bomb, apprehends Frost, and reports him to the police. He calls his father under the guise of a fellow soldier and reconciles with him, and sends Goodwin an email. After eight minutes, Goodwin terminates Stevens's life support.

As the world around him continues to progress beyond eight minutes, Stevens confirms his suspicion that the Source Code is not merely a simulation, but rather a machine that allows himthe tocreation createof alternate timelines. He and Christina leave the train and go on a date. In the same (alternate) reality, Goodwin receives Stevens's message. He tells her of the Source Code's true capability and asks her to help the alternate-reality version of him.

==Cast==

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[[David Hahn]], the boy depicted in the 2003 made-for-television documentary ''The Nuclear Boy Scout'', was the inspiration for the antagonist Derek Frost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ca.io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code |title=Duncan Jones tells us what really happened at the end of ''Source Code'' |website=[[io9]] |access-date=May 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813005823/http://ca.io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code |archive-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> In an article published by the [[Writers Guild of America]], screenwriter [[Ben Ripley]] is described as providing the original pitch to the studios responsible for producing ''Source Code'':<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4583 |title=Practice Makes Perfect |website=[[Writers Guild of America]] |access-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015102641/http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4583 |archive-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>

{{blockquote|When Ripley first came up with the idea for ''Source Code'', in which government operative Colter Stevens repeatedly relives the eight minutes leading up to a terrorist train bombing in hopes of finding the bomber, he had no intention of writing it on spec. Having established himself in Hollywood largely doing "studio rewrites on horror movies", he felt a solid pitch would do the trick. Unfortunately, it didn't. "I sat down with a few producers, and the first couple just looked at me like I was nuts", confesses Ripley. "Ultimately, I had to put it on the page to make my case."}}

The original [[spec script]] was originally sold to [[Universal Pictures]] in 2007 but was ranked on [[The Black List (survey)|The Black List]] of top unproduced screenplays.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|title=The Hottest Unproduced Screenplays of 2007|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-hottest-unproduced-screenplays-of-2007/|accessdate=15 June 2011|newspaper=Slash film| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110623171955/http://www.slashfilm.com/the-hottest-unproduced-screenplays-of-2007/| archivedate= 23 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>

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===Post-production===

{{See also|Source Code (soundtrack)}}

Editing took place in Los Angeles. In July 2010, the film was in the [[visual effects]] stage of postproduction.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 28, 2010|url=http://blog.manmademovies.co.uk/2010/07/28/exclusive-duncan-jones-on-moon-source-code-judge-dredd|title=Exclusive: Duncan Jones on MOON, Source Code & Judge Dredd|website=ManMadeMovies|access-date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724114822/http://blog.manmademovies.co.uk/2010/07/28/exclusive-duncan-jones-on-moon-source-code-judge-dredd/|url-status=live}}</ref> Most of the VFX work was handled by Montreal studios, including [[Moving Picture Company]], [[Rodeo FX]], Oblique FX, and Fly Studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/companycredits|title=Source Code – Company Credits|website=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=2018-06-30|archive-date=2016-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525120012/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/companycredits?|url-status=live}}</ref> Jones had confirmed that the film's soundtrack would be composed by [[Clint Mansell]], in his second collaboration with the composer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warmoth|first=Brian|date=September 21, 2010|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/09/21/source-code-bringing-duncan-jones-and-clint-mansell-back-together|title='Source Code' Bringing Duncan Jones And Clint Mansell Back Together|website=[[MTV]]|access-date=November 22, 2010|archive-date=November 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115225913/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/09/21/source-code-bringing-duncan-jones-and-clint-mansell-back-together|url-status=livedead}}</ref> Mansell was announced as no longer scoring the soundtrack due to time constraints.<ref name="Twitter">{{cite web|date=December 15, 2010|url=https://www.twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/15125916111872001|title=Duncan Jones|website=Twitter|access-date=January 14, 2011|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306093418/https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/15125916111872001|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Release==

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===Critical response===

[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports a 92% approval rating, based on an aggregation of 261266 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's consensus reads: "Finding the human story amidst the action, director Duncan Jones and charming Jake Gyllenhaal craft a smart, satisfying sci-fi thriller."<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Source Code (2011) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/source_code/ |title=Source Code (2011) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |accessurl-datestatus=August 18, 2011 |archive-date=August 29, 2011live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829082502/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/source_code |urlarchive-statusdate=liveAugust 29, 2011 |access-date=April 8, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] awarded the film an average score of 74/100, based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/source-code |title=Source Code Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103102743/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/source-code |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite magazine| url = https://ew.com/article/2011/04/03/box-office-report-hop-source-code/| title = Box office report: 'Hop' springs into first place with $38.1 mil {{!}} EW.com| magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| access-date = 2021-11-05| archive-date = 2021-11-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211105212158/https://ew.com/article/2011/04/03/box-office-report-hop-source-code/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Critics have compared ''Source Code'' with both the 1993 film ''[[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/source-code-groundhog-day-scientific-mumbo-jumbo-26025 |access-date=March 31, 2011 |title='Source Code': A 'Groundhog Day' With Scientific Mumbo-Jumbo |website=[[TheWrap]] |archive-date=April 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408235212/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/source-code-groundhog-day-scientific-mumbo-jumbo-26025 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/01/source-code-is-a-disaster-groundhog-day-with |access-date=March 31, 2011 |website=Sign On San Diego |title='Source Code' is a disaster 'Groundhog Day' with twists |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021215821/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/01/source-code-is-a-disaster-groundhog-day-with/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/blogs/the-travers-take/peter-travers-source-code-is-confusing-but-exciting-20110331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403043032/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/blogs/the-travers-take/peter-travers-source-code-is-confusing-but-exciting-20110331 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2011 |access-date=March 31, 2011 |title=Peter Travers: 'Source Code' is Confusing But Exciting |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> and British film director [[Tony Scott]]'s 2006 time-altering science fiction film ''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]'': in the latter case, the similarity of plotline in the protagonist's determination to change the past was highlighted, and his emotional commitment to save the victim, rather than simply try to discover the identity of the perpetrator of the crime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westerngazette.ca/2011/04/06/source-code/ |title=Source Code feels a lot like Deja Vu |last=Holmes |first=Brent |website=[[Western Gazette]] |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=June 10, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120813/http://www.westerngazette.ca/2011/04/06/source-code/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alternatively, it has been described as a "cross between ''Groundhog Day'' and ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''",<ref name="CNN2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/01/source.code.review |title='Source Code' a smart, original sci-fi thriller |last=Charity |first=Tom |date=April 1, 2011 |website=CNN |access-date=April 1, 2011 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109172141/http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/01/source.code.review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' film critic Bill Goodykoontz says that comparing ''Source Code'' to ''Groundhog Day'' is doing a disservice to ''Source Code''{{'s}} enthralling "mind game".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2011/03/30/20110330source-code-review-goodykoontz.html |title=Arizona Republic: "Movies: 'Source Code' 4 Stars |website=AZ Central |date=March 30, 2011 |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531092017/http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2011/03/30/20110330source-code-review-goodykoontz.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| [[Bradbury Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/|title=2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced|website=A SFWA|date=February 20, 2012 |access-date=February 27, 2012|archive-date=February 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223205443/http://www.sfwa.org/2012/02/2011-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref>

| Bradbury Award

| rowspan="2"| [[Ben Ripley]] and [[Duncan Jones]]

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