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Director:
Mark Romanek
Writers:
Keith Gordon (writer)
Mark Romanek (writer)
Release Date:
10 September 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
STATIC... it's on a different wavelength.
Plot:
A quirky, out-of-of place worker at a crucifix factory in the Bible Belt invents a device he claims can show pictures of Heaven... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
From Page to Screen: 'Never Let Me Go'
 (From Cinematical. 27 July 2009, 6:15 PM, PDT)
Mark Romanek Taking On Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go
 (From FirstShowing.net. 6 December 2008, 1:44 PM, PST)
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An amazing film with stellar performances more (15 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Keith Gordon ... Ernie Blick

Amanda Plummer ... Julia Purcell

Bob Gunton ... Frank
Barton Heyman ... Sherriff William Orling
Lily Knight ... Patty
Jane Hoffman ... Emily Southwick
Reathel Bean ... Fred Savins
Kitty Mei-Mei Chen ... Li
Joel Krehbeil ... Deputy Tom Terrence
Eugene Lee ... Dale
Jack Murakami ... North
Mike Murakami ... South
Uma Ridenhour ... Sarah
Janice Abbott ... Sonya
Tamma Allgood ... T.V. Interviewer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Necessity (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Lake Powell, Utah, USA more
Company:
NFI Productions more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Closure (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Blue Christmas more

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An amazing film with stellar performances, 1 September 2000
Author: hallett from Cambridge, MA

Static transcends the usually flat, cliched medium of film to create a deeply moving portrait of an American family. A truly dynamic work, the movie affected me in ways I never thought an artform could. In short, Static is nothing of the sort. This is in large part due to the work of Mike Murakami. Actors of any age rarely display half the level of emotion he musters in one glance. I have awaited his follow-up performance eagerly, but after 15 years, I fear it may never come.

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