Out of Darkness (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Larry Elikann

Writer (WGA):

Barbara Turner (written by)

Release Date:

16 January 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Medical | Schizophrenia

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Diana Ross	...	Paulie Cooper
Ann Weldon
Rhonda Stubbins White	...	Zoe
Beah Richards	...	Mrs. Cooper
Carl Lumbly	...	Addison
Chasiti Hampton	...	Ashley
John Marshall Jones
Juanita Jennings	...	Inez
Maura Tierney	...	Meg
Lindsay Crouse	...	Kim Donaldson
Rusty Gray	...	Bartender (as Rusty Schmidt)
Patricia Idlette	...	Policewoman
Barbara Howard	...	Triage Officer
Cathy Raymond	...	Leola
Angelina Fiordellisi	...	Social Worker

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Company:

Anaid Film Productions Inc.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)

A portrait on how to get back on the track by Diana Ross

TV movie "Out of Darkness" allows us to experience the turns on Pauline Cooper's life, an afro-american Medicine student who at the height of her student life is caught by paranoid-schyzophrenia, at the age of 23. Action starts on a usual day of Pauline's life and takes the viewer to a critical phase on the character life. The story also shows us the daily struggle of living with someone who is not the owner of its own will, due to mental illness, and how it can affect an entire family. The movie most inspirational scenes are those of the attempts of Pauline to restart her normal life, after endless hospital treatments and experiences with new drugs to treat the disease. The most important message of the film is a kind of a tribute and a positive inspiration to all those who fight mental problems. Diana Ross put her movie career back on the track after several years without movie appearences (since "The Wiz" in 1978). Miss Ross wisely found this project and produced it trough her ANAID Film Productions as the perfect veycule for a movie comeback. One of the most interesting aspects of the movie is that Ross is not playing a singer (as usual), and does not contributes with songs to the soundtrack, making it a plain acting-ability show, reminding us that being one of the greatest show women alive, requires more than playing singers in trouble. "Out of Darkness" is also an open door to other drama projects by Diana Ross, leaving the viewer with high expectation for more projects starring Diana Ross on the so-called serious matters of life. It is also the evidence that Diana Ross is not the distant diva at all.