The Jacket is a 2005 psychological thriller film directed by John Maybury that is partly based on the Jack London novel of the same name, released in the US as The Star Rover. Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco. The original music score is composed by Brian Eno and the cinematography is by Peter Deming. After miraculously recovering from a bullet wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks returns to Vermont in 1992, suffering from periods of amnesia. While traveling, he sees a young girl, Jackie , and her mother in despair from a broken... down truck, he helps them and moves on. A man driving along the same highway gives Jack a ride and they get pulled over by the police. Suddenly Starks is found on the deserted roadside with a dead policeman, the murder weapon, and a slug from the policeman's gun in Starks' body. Although he testifies there was someone else at the scene, his amnesia makes him unbelievable. Starks is found not guilty by reason of insanity, and is incarcerated in a mental institution. Starks becomes subject to the experiments of Dr. Thomas Becker , a psychiatrist.
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| Release date: | January 23, 2005 |
| Directed by: | John Maybury |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | George Clooney, Peter Guber, Steven Soderbergh, Marc Rocco |
| Editor: | Emma E. Hickox |
| Music by: | Brian Eno |
| Cinematography: | Peter Deming |
| Screenplay by: | Massy Tadjedin |
| Estimated budget: | $19,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction, Fantasy |