What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
April 23, 2004Release Date
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
April 23, 2004Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Marlee Matlin
Amanda
Elaine Hendrix
Jennifer
John Ross Bowie
Elliot
Robert Bailey Jr.
Reggie
Barry Newman
Frank
Larry Brandenburg
Bruno
Robert Blanche
Bob
Michele Mariana
Tour Guide
Armin Shimerman
Older Man (in subway)
Eric Newsome
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Kirk Thornton
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Michelle Ruff
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Lia Sargent
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Michael Sorich
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Steve Blum
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Tom Fahn
Voice Over Talent (voice)
Val Landrum
Ticket Sales Girl
Casper Van Dien
Romantic Moritz (uncredited)
Betsy Chasse
Director / Writer / Producer
William Arntz
Director / Writer / Producer
Christopher Franke
Original Music Composer
David Bridges
Director of Photography
Mark Vicente
Director of Photography / Director / Writer / Producer
Todd C. Guzze
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 23, 2004
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Box Office$10,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
What the Bleep Do We Know!? (stylized as What tнē #$*! D̄ө ωΣ (k)πow!? and What the #$*! Do We Know!?) is a 2004 American pseudo-scientific film that posits a spiritual connection between quantum physics and consciousness. The plot follows the fictional story of a photographer, using documentary-style interviews and computer-animated graphics, as she encounters emotional and existential obstacles in her life and begins to consider the idea that individual and group consciousness can influence the material world. Her experiences are offered by the filmmakers to illustrate the film's scientifically unsupported thesis about quantum physics and consciousness.
Bleep was conceived and its production funded by William Arntz, who co-directed the film along with Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente; all three were students of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. A moderately low-budget independent film, it was promoted using viral marketing methods and opened in art-house theaters in the western United States, winning several independent film awards before being picked up by a major distributor and eventually grossing over $10 million. The 2004 theatrical release was succeeded by a substantially changed, extended home media version in 2006.
The film has been described as an example of quantum mysticism, and has been criticized for both misrepresenting science and containing pseudoscience. While many of its interviewees and subjects are professional scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology, one of them has noted that the film quotes him out of context.