

The Number 23
DirectorJoel Schumacher
“First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.”
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
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Cast

Jim Carrey
Walter Sparrow / Fingerling

Virginia Madsen
Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia

Logan Lerman
Robin Sparrow

Danny Huston
Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix

Lynn Collins
Suicide Blonde / Mrs. Dobkins / Young Fingerling's Mother

Rhona Mitra
Laura Tollins

Mark Pellegrino
Kyle Finch

Ed Lauter
Father Sebastian

David Stifel
Hotel Clerk

Corey Stoll
Sergeant Burns

Bud Cort
Dr. Sirius Leary

Michelle Arthur
Sybil
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