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Kevin Costner stars as Dr. Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner), a respected expert in trauma and triage. A tragedy claims the life of his wife, Dr. Emily Darrow (Susanna Thompson) while on a medical mercy mission in a remote area of Venezuela. As the months pass, Joe becomes increasingly convinced that Emily is trying to reach him from beyond.

Director Tom Shadyac felt casting Kevin Costner as the widowed doctor was a perfect fit. “Most directors I know feel that 90-95% of the work is the casting,” Shadyac said. "Joe is a man who has lost his soul mate, that relationship we all hope to find in our lives. I felt the audience would immediately relate to Joe Darrow's loss and that's why I chose Kevin to play him. Kevin is one of those rare actors who can deliver strength and masculinity, but also remain open and vulnerable. To feel great loss, you must be able to feel great fullness,” he explained. “When I met Kevin and saw the fullness of his life, I knew he could understand what it would be like to face loss, and that he was the right actor for this role.”

KEVIN COSTNER (Dr. Joe Darrow)

What will the audience like about this film?
I hope they like the things about it that I liked when I read it. I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up. And this did it, and it helped to explain a big question that no one has been able to answer for any of us which is if we lose somebody that we love, are we ever going to be able to talk to them again.

Are you the type of person who believes these things are real?
I do. I believe them. They haven't happened to me but I do believe them to be real. Too many people that I trust have had real experiences and I believe them. I am not a cynic.

How do you approach the ambiguity of the supernatural in your performance?
You have to believe in it; you can't be caught winking at it. "Joe" has to believe in everything that's going down - he's the one taking you through the story - so I did.

Will this movie make the audience think about the possibility of life after death?
I don't know about that. I do know that we all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear was going on, we wonder if we could have reached out and touched them, held their hand, looked in their eyes, been there - but the idea if we lose someone, have we really lost them, are we ever going to have that conversation - I think the movie handles that.

How would you describe the feel of the film?
I think there is great love, and I think that the journey that he goes on has that “thrill” aspect to it because you're not sure what is chasing him or what he is going to find.