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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Peter Filardi (written by)
Release Date:
10 August 1990 (USA)
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Tagline:
Some lines shouldn't be crossed.
Plot:
Medical students bring themselves near death; their experiment begins to go awry. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
How 'Flatliners' Went From a Verb to a Noun
(From The Wrap. 9 November 2009, 5:05 PM, PST)
Sutherland 'had no passion with Roberts'
(From digitalspy. 29 May 2009, 7:33 AM, PDT)
(From The Wrap. 9 November 2009, 5:05 PM, PST)
Sutherland 'had no passion with Roberts'
(From digitalspy. 29 May 2009, 7:33 AM, PDT)
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Really neat film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Nelson |
 | Julia Roberts | ... | Dr. Rachel Mannus |
 | Kevin Bacon | ... | David Labraccio |
 | William Baldwin | ... | Dr. Joe Hurley |
 | Oliver Platt | ... | Randy Steckle |
 | Kimberly Scott | ... | Winnie Hicks |
 | Joshua Rudoy | ... | Billy Mahoney |
 | Benjamin Mouton | ... | Rachel's Father |
| Aeryk Egan | ... | Young Nelson |
| Kesha Reed | ... | Young Winnie |
 | Hope Davis | ... | Anne Coldren |
 | Jim Ortlieb | ... | Uncle Dave |
| John Duda | ... | Young David (as John Joseph Duda) |
| Megan Stewart | ... | Playground Kid |
 | Tressa Thomas | ... | Playground Kid |
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Runtime:
115 min | Finland:110 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:16 |
Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) (TV rating) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) |
Brazil:16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (certificate #30218)
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When David Labraccio (Kevin Bacon) goes to visit Winnie Hicks ('Kimberly Scott') to "atone" for taunting her, he mentions that they both went to "S.B. Butler" school as kids to remind her who he was. Writer Peter Filardi included this as a nod to his hometown in southeastern Connecticut, where there is a real "S.B. Butler" elementary school, near downtown Mystic, CT.
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Factual errors: During the Gross Anatomy dissection, the medical students are told to remove the ascending colon to the transverse colon, then to continue to the sigmoid colon until reaching the appendix. The appendix is located on the right side of the colon, at the beginning of the ascending colon. The above description would put it on the left side, near the end of the sigmoid (the last part of the colon before the rectum).
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Quotes:
Randy Steckle:
[to Joe who's dressed in a skeleton-printed Halloween costume] Who are you supposed to be? Boner-Man?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Father Ted: The Passion of St Tibulus (#1.3)" (1995)
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Soundtrack:
PARTY TOWN
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Cocky medical students play chicken with process that simulates death, in attempt to get a (hopefully temporary) view of the afterlife. Certain plot twists and themes are a little off the mark, and the acting occasionally goes over the top. But the underlying message - about God's and others' forgiveness for our real or perceived sins - is positive and unique in cinema, and the cast is very very good. The last sequence between Julia Roberts and her father is so effectively done that, years after having seen it, I still get chills thinking about it. Highly recommended.