Question: What science fiction thriller starred Nicholas Cage and was directed by Alex Proyas?

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Alex Proyas: Alexander "Alex" Proyas ( ; born 23 September 1963) is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer.  Proyas is best known for directing the films "The Crow" (1994), "Dark City" (1998), "I, Robot" (2004), "Knowing" (2009), and "Gods of Egypt" (2016).

I, Robot (film): I, Robot (stylized as i,robot ) is a 2004 American neo-noir dystopian science fiction action film directed by Alex Proyas.  The screenplay by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman is from a screen story by Vintar, suggested by Isaac Asimov's short-story collection of the same name.  The film stars Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk and Shia LaBeouf.

Soylent Green: Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young.  Edward G. Robinson appears in his final film.  Loosely based on the 1966 science fiction novel "Make Room!  Make Room! " by Harry Harrison, it combines both police procedural and science fiction genres; the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman and a dystopian future of dying oceans and year-round humidity due to the greenhouse effect, resulting in suffering from pollution, poverty, overpopulation, euthanasia and depleted resources.

Tom Hardy: (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor and producer.  His motion picture debut was in Ridley Scott's 2001 action film "Black Hawk Down".  Hardy's other notable films include the science fiction film "" (2002), the crime film "RocknRolla" (2008), biographical psychological drama "Bronson" (2008), sports drama "Warrior" (2011), Cold War espionage film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011), crime drama "Lawless" (2012), drama "Locke" (2013), mobster film "The Drop" (2014), and the biographical western thriller "The Revenant" (2015), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.  He portrayed "Mad" Max Rockatansky in the post-apocalyptic film "" (2015), and both of the Kray twins in the crime thriller "Legend" (2015).  He has appeared in three Christopher Nolan films: the science fiction thriller "Inception" (2010), the superhero film "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), as Bane, and the action-thriller "Dunkirk" (2017), based on the British evacuation in World War II.  Hardy has been cast as Eddie Brock/Venom in a live-action film adaptation of the same name, set to be released in 2018.

A. M. Esmonde: Aaron Michael Esmonde (pen name A. M. Esmonde, born 20 August 1977, Swansea, Wales) is a horror, scifi and fantasy novelist, director and producer.  The vampire horror novel "Blood Hunger" (2010) was his first work to be published, followed by the popular zombie novel "Dead Pulse".  Both ebook editions ranked in the top 100 (free) horror and fantasy charts, Blood Hunger position #13 with Dead Pulse reaching #39.  In May 2014 his third novel The Final Version a science fiction thriller was released, with the free ebook ranking at #12 in the USA science fiction cyber punk chart on 31 August 2014 and #42 in the UK dystopian science fiction chart on 30 August 2014.  Darkest Moons a horror thriller was released October 29th 2016.

Dark City (1998 film): Dark City is a 1998 American-Australian neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas.  The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer.  The film stars Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, and William Hurt.  Sewell plays John Murdoch, an amnesiac man who finds himself suspected of murder.  Murdoch attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known only as the "Strangers".

Knowing (film): Knowing (stylized as KNOW1NG) is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage.  The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists.  Production was financially backed by Summit Entertainment.  "Knowing" was filmed in Docklands Studios Melbourne, Australia, using various locations to represent the film's Boston-area setting.

Garage Days: Garage Days is a 2002 Australian film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky.  The "Garage Days" soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" featuring Katie Noonan, David McCormack and Andrew Lancaster.

M. Night Shyamalan: Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan ( ; ; "Maṉōj Nelliyāṭṭu Śyāmaḷaṉ"; Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு ஷியாமளன் ; Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയാട്ട് ശ്യാമളന്‍ born 6 August 1970) is an Indian American film director, screenwriter, author, producer, and actor known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots and surprise endings.  His most well-received films include the supernatural horror thriller "The Sixth Sense" (1999), the superhero drama thriller "Unbreakable" (2000), and the science fiction thriller "Signs" (2002).  Afterwards, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the historical drama-horror film "The Village" (2004), the fantasy film "Lady in the Water" (2006), the disaster film "The Happening" (2008), the film adaptation of "The Last Airbender" (2010), and the science-fiction film "After Earth" (2013).  Following the financial failure of "After Earth," Shyalaman's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror "The Visit" (2015) and the psychological horror "Split" (2016), the latter of which is set in the same universe as his previous film "Unbreakable".  He is also known for producing "Devil" (2010), as well as being instrumental in the creation of the Fox science fiction series "Wayward Pines.

Gods of Egypt (film): Gods of Egypt is a 2016 English-language fantasy action-adventure film directed by Alex Proyas and portraying ancient Egyptian deities.  It stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Rufus Sewell, Gerard Butler and Geoffrey Rush.  The film portrays a mortal Egyptian hero who partners with the Egyptian god Horus to save the world from Set and rescue his love.

Supporting paragraphs: Alex Proyas Knowing (film)
Answer: Knowing