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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   26,593 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Shane Black (written by)
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Release Date:
11 October 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
Eight years ago she lost her memory. Now, a detective must help her remember the past before it buries them both. What's forgotten is not always gone.
Plot:
A women suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations more
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(20 articles)
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Clever dialogue gets me every time (no spoilers) more (244 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Geena Davis ... Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore

Samuel L. Jackson ... Mitch Henessey

Yvonne Zima ... Caitlin Caine

Craig Bierko ... Timothy

Tom Amandes ... Hal

Brian Cox ... Dr. Nathan Waldman

Patrick Malahide ... Leland Perkins

David Morse ... Luke / Daedalus
Joseph McKenna ... One-Eyed Jack

Melina Kanakaredes ... Trin
Dan Warry-Smith ... Raymond
Kristen Bone ... Girl #1
Jennifer Pisana ... Girl #2

Rex Linn ... Man in Bed
Alan North ... Earl
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for a substantial amount of strong bloody violence, and for strong language.
Runtime:
120 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In the first draft of the script, the name "Sam Caine" was not an alias used by Charly Baltimore (as it is in the finished film) but was instead a creation of her mind, as an anagram of "amnesiac". more
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Continuity: During the scene when Sam is first cutting the carrot, she is shown cutting with two separate motions, depending on the shot. Generally, in shots where only her hands are visible, she is cutting by pivoting the knife against the board, raising and lowering the blade at the rear; in long shots, she is chopping by swinging the knife up and down from her wrist, raising and lowering the point. more
Quotes:
Mitch: You're telling me that you're gonna fake some terrorist thing, just to scare some money out of Congress?
Leland Perkins: Well, unfortunately, Mr. Hennessey, I have no idea how to fake killing 4,000 people - so we're just gonna have to do it for real. Blame it on the Muslims, naturally. Then I get my funding.
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Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow more

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66 out of 80 people found the following comment useful.
Clever dialogue gets me every time (no spoilers), 17 August 2004
10/10
Author: lmysliwiec from New Hampshire, USA

Definitely a movie for people who ask only to be entertained and who do not over-think their movies.

Lots of action, lots of great dialogue (e.g. fun to quote), a little intrigue, and stuff blowing up all over the place. Samuel L Jackson and Geena Davis had great chemistry. Violent, but not gory. The fact that the female part was the competent action lead is a pleasant turn-about.

Have seen the movie more than a dozen times and still enjoy it enough to put it back in my favorite films rotation every 3 or 4 months. I initially rented the movie because Samuel L Jackson was in the film, but was caught up in the events surrounding Samantha's quest to regain her memory and have never looked back.

All you cerebral folks out there -- suspend disbelief for once, take yourself a little less seriously -- you might actually enjoy yourselves!

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