The Machinist is a 2004 psychological thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Scott Kosar. It stars Christian Bale as the title character, a machinist struggling with paranoia and delusion after being unable to sleep for an entire year.

The Machinist: Directed by Brad Anderson. With Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian. An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

The movie opens up with credits while we hear Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) grappling with something large and heavy. He drives his truck near a dam and would appear to have a body wrapped in a carpet to dispose of. He panics when someone starts to …

Factory machinist Trevor Reznik has not slept in a year. When his world becomes a living nightmare filled with cryptic notes and visions, he embarks on a journey of self-awareness--yet the more he learns, the less he wants to know.

Jun 16, 2021 · The film stars Christian Bale as the eponymous machinist Trevor Reznik, a factory worker who suffers from chronic insomnia and claims he hasn't slept in a year. A tragedy at his job sends the...

The gaunt, puckered face and weird, almost distorted skeletal frame of Christian Bale's Trevor Reznik in The Machinist has gone down as one of his most memorable turns on the silver screen. It also shows Bale at his most method, as he shed over 25kg from his every-day stature in four months to play the insomniac industrial worker.

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English American actor. ... [63] [64] For the part, Bale regained the weight he lost for The Machinist and built muscle, weighing 220 pounds (100 kg). [65] He trained in weapons, Wing Chun Kung …

Nov 18, 2004 · Christian Bale lost more than 60 pounds in preparation for his performance as the gaunt, troubled Trevor Reznik in "The Machinist." “If you were any thinner,” Stevie tells him, “you wouldn’t exist.”

Nov 29, 2024 · Christian Bale in ‘The Machinist’ — Credit: Canal+. Did Reznik see those horrific nightmarish scenes on the ghost train? Or was his sleep-deprived brain playing tricks on him?