Jumper is a 2008 American science fiction film loosely based on the 1992 science fiction novel of the same name written by Steven Gould. The film is directed by Doug Liman and stars Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Max Thieriot, AnnaSophia Robb, and Diane Lane. The film follows a young man capable of teleporting as he is chased by a secret society intent on killing him. The script went through a rewrite prior to filming and the roles for the main characters were changed during production. Jumper was filmed in 20 cities in 14 countries between 2006-07. The film was released on February 14, 2008 and a soundtrack on February 19. The film held the first position in its opening weekend with $27.3 million, but received generally unfavourable reviews from critics, mostly due to the many changes from Gould's novel, rushed plot and anti-climactic ending.
Plot
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, 15-year-old David Rice gives his crush, Millie Harris, a snow globe. A bully, Mark Kobold, throws it onto a frozen river. While trying to retrieve it, David falls through the ice and is pulled away by the current. He suddenly finds himself in the local library and discovers his ability to "jump", (teleporting) from one place to another. Amazed with his new ability, he leaves his abusive father and runs away from home.
In fluid dynamics, lubrication theory describes the flow of fluids (liquids or gases) in a geometry in which one dimension is significantly smaller than the others. An example is the flow above air hockey tables, where the thickness of the air layer beneath the puck is much smaller than the dimensions of the puck itself.
Internal flows are those where the fluid is fully bounded. Internal flow lubrication theory has many industrial applications because of its role in the design of fluid bearings. Here a key goal of lubrication theory is to determine the pressure distribution in the fluid volume, and hence the forces on the bearing components. The working fluid in this case is often termed a lubricant.
Free film lubrication theory is concerned with the case in which one of the surfaces containing the fluid is a free surface. In that case the position of the free surface is itself unknown, and one goal of lubrication theory is then to determine this. Surface tension may then be significant, or even dominant. Issues of wetting and dewetting then arise. For very thin films (thickness less than one micrometre), additional intermolecular forces, such as Van der Waals forces or disjoining forces, may become significant.
Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines which principally serve as a consumer guide to movies.
A jumper, in police and media parlance, is a person who plans to fall or jump (or already has fallen or jumped) from a potentially deadly height, sometimes with the intention to commit suicide, at other times to escape conditions inside (e.g., a burning building).
The term includes successfully-fatal suicides as well as those people who survive the attempt. The latter are often left with major injuries and permanent disabilities from the impact-related injuries. A frequent scenario is that the jumper will sit on an elevated highway or building-ledge as police attempt to talk them down. Potential jumpers are sometimes encouraged by observers to jump, an effect known as "suicide baiting".
The term was brought to prominence even more so in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, in which approximately 200 people at the point of impact or trapped above the point of impact in the North and South towers of the World Trade Center jumped to escape the fire and the smoke caused by the direct impact of Flights 11 and 175. Many of these jumpers were inadvertently captured on both television and amateur footage, even though television networks reporting on the tragedy attempted to avoid showing the jumpers falling to avoid upsetting viewers.
Jumper was a pop group in Kristinehamn, Sweden, active between 1996 and 2001, scoring single chart successes in Sweden with songs like När hela världen står utanför, Tapetklister, Välkommen hit and Miljonär.
The band won a 1996 Rockbjörnen award in the category "Swedish group of the year".
Bandmembers
Niklas Hillbom - song and guitar
Preben Rydin - guitar and chorus
Martin Andersson - bass and chorus
Jonas Moberg - drums
Jan "Linda" Lindström - guitar, piano, organ and chorus
Jumper (Ryan Yeager) is an American Revolutionary War soldier who is killed at Yorktown in 1783 and becomes an angel. He is given five days to complete his first mission, to influence the lives of men in present-day West Hollywood. To encourage safer sex, he receives condoms from God (whom Jumper calls "Dad").
Early in Jumper's mission he targets Jeffrey Carrington (Adam Archer), who lives in an apartment with a maid named Mrs. Grundy (Gizell Climax). Although Jeffrey is planning a one-night stand to advance his modeling career, he bumps into Jumper (dressed like a bum). Jumper keeps Jeffrey from having his fling, seducing him instead. While Jeffrey is asleep, Jumper replaces his clothes with his old ones (and a condom) and leaves.
In Jeffrey's clothes Jumper meets Carpenter (Danny Sommers)—an angry, straight-identifying man who dislikes gays and resists their advances—outside a porn theater. When Carpenter enters the theater to avoid Jumper (and watch straight porn), Jumper follows him. Unaware of Jumper's nature, Carpenter cannot resist temptation and they give each other handjobs and oral sex. He brings Jumper to his motel room for more fun. While Carpenter is asleep Jumper takes his clothes, leaving him Jeffrey's (and a condom). While he talks to "Dad", Jumper admits his feelings for Carpenter; however, he does not know his first name.
All The Light We Cannot See film screening - 49305757 ... In this task, named a 'Jumper' task after the 2008 film of the same name, the BMI translated the animal's brain activity into motion on the virtual reality screen.
As you can see in the first trailer for the Spanish sci-fi film Awareness, the upcoming PrimeVideo original movie seems to be mixing the tone of the original Matrix with Jumper, the long-forgotten 2008 superhero film starring Hayden Christensen.
Rachel Bilson had to leave Taylor Swift's Eras tour early - and her daughter was not happy ... 'We left [the Eras Tour] early ... Swifties ... The former couple met and began dating in 2007 while working on the film Jumper (which was released in 2008) together ... .
Her film credits include futuristic 2008 blockbuster Jumper - in which she met her now ex-partner, Hayden Christensen... Her film credits include futuristic 2008 blockbuster Jumper - in which she met her now ex-partner, Hayden Christensen.
Emporia Gazette
02 Nov 2023
Emporia Gazette
02 Nov 2023