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Overview

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6.4/10   21,598 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Peter Filardi (written by)
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Release Date:
10 August 1990 (USA) more
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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 more
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(14 articles)
How 'Flatliners' Went From a Verb to a Noun
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Sutherland 'had no passion with Roberts'
 (From digitalspy. 29 May 2009, 7:33 AM, PDT)

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Really neat film more (121 total)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min | Finland:110 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | CDS (digital 35 mm prints) | Dolby (analog 35 mm prints)
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Trivia:
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. more
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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). more
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Randy Steckle: [to Joe who's dressed in a skeleton-printed Halloween costume] Who are you supposed to be? Boner-Man? more
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PARTY TOWN more

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18 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Really neat film, 22 April 2003
9/10
Author: Rick41 from West Chester, Pa

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.

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