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Writers:
Charles Edward Pogue (story) and
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Release Date:
18 March 1988 (USA) more
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Someone poisoned Dexter Cornell. He's got to find out who. He's got to find out why. He's got to find out now. In 24 hours, he'll be Dead On Arrival.
Plot:
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Pretty good update of the original film, with good performances. more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dennis Quaid ... Dexter Cornell

Meg Ryan ... Sydney Fuller

Charlotte Rampling ... Mrs. Fitzwaring
Daniel Stern ... Hal Petersham

Jane Kaczmarek ... Gail Cornell
Christopher Neame ... Bernard
Robin Johnson ... Cookie Fitzwaring

Robert Knepper ... Nicholas Lang (as Rob Knepper)

Jay Patterson ... Graham Corey

Brion James ... Detective Ulmer
Jack Kehoe ... Detective Brockton
Elizabeth Arlen ... Elaine Wells
Karen Radcliffe ... Jane Corey
William Forward ... Chief Resident
Lee Gideon ... Mr. Fitzwaring
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96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Throughout the story, the color in the film begins to drain to monochrome, thus representing the central character's deteriorating health as the poison steadily takes it's toll (until it is in black and white as in the opening - presumably showing the flashback catching up to the current time-line of the story). more
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Continuity: Dexter suddenly gains glasses when he first asks Sydney to join him for a date. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Dexter Cornell: Just somebody's homework, is all.
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Referenced in The Player (1992) more
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REBEL YELL more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty good update of the original film, with good performances., 8 January 2006
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Author: Diego Sada Jr (dsadajr@gmail.com) from Monterrey, Mexico

OK, so this film may not have won any Oscars, but it is not a bad film. The original "D.O.A." is undoubtedly a better film, but that does not mean this film is bad.

The film stars Dennis Quaid in one of his early roles, when he was first becoming really famous, after "The Right Stuff" made him a star, and a very lovely looking Meg Ryan, when she was still now quite famous.

This is more of an "update" of the 1950 film, rather than a remake, since the setting is different and the characters too, are different. The plot is pretty much the same. A man (this time an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin) is poisoned and he has only 24 hours to find out who poisoned him and why. Meg Ryan plays a young college student who tries to help him. Jane Kaczmarek plays Quaid's estranged wife, in a low key, but intense performance; she steals every scene she is in. Daniel Stern (also in an early role, before "Home Alone" made him famous) plays Quaid's colleague. Charlotte Rampling is fine too in a supporting role.

The entire cast is top notch; The film is stylish, with a quick pace that keeps you guessing until the end.

I think this is a film that is certainly worth watching as a thriller, and as a modern version of a classic film.

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