Extreme Measures (1996)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Michael Apted

Writers (WGA):

Michael Palmer (book)
Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Not all surgery is intended to cure. Don't move a muscle.

Plot:

Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Emergency Room | Doctor | Ethics | Medical

Cast

Hugh Grant	...	Dr. Guy Luthan
Gene Hackman	...	Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Jodie Trammel
David Morse	...	FBI Agent Frank Hare
Bill Nunn	...	Det. Bob Burke
John Toles-Bey	...	Bobby
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Dr. Jeffrey Manko
Debra Monk	...	Dr. Judith Gruszynski
Shaun Austin-Olsen	...	Claude Minkins
André De Shields	...	Teddy Dolson
J.K. Simmons	...	Dr. Mingus
Peter Appel	...	Det. Stone
Diana Zimmer	...	Helen
Nancy Beatty	...	Ruth Myrick
Gerry Becker	...	Dr. Gene Spitelli

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, some nudity and graphic ER activity.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Brazil:14 | Canada:A (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Norway:15

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

Marked the first production of partners Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley's short-lived "Simian Films."

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Arriving in The Room Dr. Luthan's lips clearly moves, but the words "...if someone's there listening" can be heard seconds later.

Quotes:

Dr. Guy Luthan: [is speaking on phone] Judith, it's Guy. Listen. I've been shot. Listen, they're hijacking people from the hospital and using them as some sort of research... I'm pretty sure that's what Triphase is, it's a kind of research program and someone at Grammercy is working for them! Listen, there's a cop, called Stone, call him, he might believe me, Judith please pick up...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

ON MY MIND

Very underrated film that actually provokes thought

I just saw this for the second time, on telly, and was struck again by how good it is; not great, maybe, but a very solidly written and acted film on an intriguing premiss and leaving the viewer a bit of room to make up their own mind (this is a GOOD THING, in case anyone is wondering). Hugh Grant shows again that he can do more than play variations on this 4 Weddings character - anyone who has seen An Awfully Big Adventure will be well aware of this. And Gene Hackman is as excellent as ever. A word for Elizabeth Hurley, who produced the film, and I think it was her first: a damn good job she did, despite some unsavoury sniping in the British press about her. I'd give it an 8 out of 10