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Stir of Echoes
Original 1999 theatrical poster
Directed by	David Koepp
Produced by	Judy Hofflund Gavin Polone
Written by	Richard Matheson (novel) David Koepp (screenplay)
Starring	Kevin Bacon Kathryn Erbe Zachary David Cope Illeana Douglas Jennifer Morrison
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Editing by	Jill Savitt
Distributed by	Artisan Entertainment (USA) 20th Century Fox (non-USA)
Release date(s)	September 10, 1999 (USA)
Running time	99 min.
Language	English
Budget	$13,000,000
Followed by	Stir of Echoes: The Dead Speak
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Stir of Echoes is an supernatural/horror American film which was released in 1999 and directed by David Koepp. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 See also 4 External links

Tom Witzky has a very ordinary life. He works at a blue-collar job and he has a loving wife named Maggie and a young son named Jake. One evening, he goes to a neighborhood party and the guests start talking about hypnosis. Tom is skeptical and doesn't believe it works. His sister-in-law Lisa is "practically a licensed hypnotherapist," and he challenges her to hypnotize him, which she does. When he comes out of the trance, everyone is shocked. They tell him that he re-lived a traumatic childhood memory and that Lisa stuck a safety pin into his hand and told him to bleed on one side but not the other, which he actually did. Tom has no memory of this. Later that night, he starts having visions of someone being attacked and then sees a ghostly young girl in his living room. His visions become more frequent and intense and he becomes desperate to figure out what they mean. He learns that the girl in his visions is named Samantha Kozak and that she disappeared from his neighborhood six months ago. He is determined to find out what happened to her, but his obsession strains his relationship with Maggie and threatens his sanity. Furthermore, there are people in his neighborhood who are willing to take drastic measures to prevent Tom from learning the truth.

• Kevin Bacon .... Tom Witzky
• Kathryn Erbe .... Maggie Witzky
• Zachary David Cope .... Jake Witzky
• Jennifer Morrison .... Samantha Kozac
• Illeana Douglas .... Lisa
• Kevin Dunn .... Frank McCarthy
• Conor O'Farrell .... Harry Damon
• Liza Weil .... Debbie Kozac, the Babysitter
• Lusia Strus .... Sheila McCarthy

• Stir of Echoes: The Dead Speak, sequel to the movie

• The Beyond: Stir Of Echoes -Webpage based on the film, and using hypnosis as a tool in dealing with the paranormal.
• Stir of Echoes at the Internet Movie Database