Based on the acclaimed sci-fi short story
by Lewis Padgett, The Last Mimzy tells the story of two
children who discover a mysterious box that contains some
strange devices they think are toys. As the children play
with these “toys,” they begin to display higher and higher
intelligence levels. Their teacher tells their parents that
they seem to have grown beyond genius. Their parents, too,
realize something extraordinary is happening. Emma, the
younger of the two, tells her confused mother that one of
the toys, a beat-up stuffed toy rabbit, is named Mimzy and
that “she teaches me things.”
As Emma’s mom becomes increasingly concerned, a blackout
shuts down the city and the government traces the source of
the power surge to Emma’s family’s house. Things quickly
spin wildly out of their control. The children are focused
on these strange objects, Mimzy, and the important mission
on which they seem to have been sent. When the little girl
says that Mimzy contains a most serious message from the
future, a scientific scan shows that Mimzy is part extremely
high level electronic, and part organic! Everyone realizes
that they are involved in something incredible…but exactly
what?
The Last Mimzy features an ensemble cast that includes
Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People, General’s Daughter), Joely
Richardson (The Patriot, Nip/Tuck), Rainn Wilson (The
Office), Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile), and
newcomers Rhiannon Leigh Wryn and Chris O’Neil as the
children, Emma and Noah. It is produced by Michael Phillips
(The Sting, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and directed
by Bob Shaye (executive producer of, among other films, The
Lord of the Rings trilogy). Shaye is also founder,
Co-Chairman, and Co-CEO of New Line Cinema.
The Last Mimzy is based on the 1943 short story “Mimsy Were
the Borogoves” by Lewis Padgett (a pseudonym for Henry
Kuttner and his wife, C. L. Moore); the adapted screenplay
is by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost, Deep Impact) and Toby
Emmerich (Frequency). The film’s production team also
includes composer Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings
trilogy), editor Alan Heim (All That Jazz, The Notebook),
and sound designer Dane Davis (The Matrix).
©2007 New Line Cinema. All rights reserved.
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