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At First Sight
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Overview

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Director:

Irwin Winkler

Writers (WGA):

Oliver Sacks (story)
Steve Levitt (screenplay)

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Release Date:

15 January 1999 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

Only Love Can Bring You To Your Senses. more

Plot:

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life. full summary | add synopsis

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Sloppy massages and fat thighs more (98 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Val Kilmer ... Virgil Adamson

Mira Sorvino ... Amy Benic

Kelly McGillis ... Jennie Adamson

Steven Weber ... Duncan Allanbrook

Bruce Davison ... Dr. Charles Aaron

Nathan Lane ... Phil Webster
Ken Howard ... Virgil's Father

Laura Kirk ... Betsy Ernst
Margo Winkler ... Nancy Bender
Diana Krall ... Singer
Brett Robbins ... Ethan
Willie C. Carpenter ... Jack Falk (as Willie Carpenter)

Charles Winkler ... Health Instructor

Drena De Niro ... Caroline
Kelly Chapman ... Susan (as Kelly Chapman Meyer)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Sight Unseen (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for scenes involving sexuality and nudity, and for brief strong language.

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35785)


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Trivia:

Cameo: [Dr. Oliver Sacks]one of the doctors attending the meeting where Virgil speaks about his experiences at the end of the movie. more

Goofs:

Continuity: While walking downtown, Virgil is holding Amy's arm, and when the camera switches angles, she is holding his arm. A second later, he is holding her arm again. more

Quotes:

Virgil: Maybe I'm not meant to see. more

Movie Connections:

References My Fair Lady (1964) more

Soundtrack:

They Can't Take That Away from Me more


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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Sloppy massages and fat thighs, 15 January 1999
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Author: Peter (petercryan@msn.com) from Phialdelphia, PA

Laugh your way through "At First Sight." The film had the sloppy dialogue of "City of Angels" matched with the miserable photographic direction of... "City of Angels." The problems with it are too numerous to mention in totality, so here are a few: The massage sequences looked more like a soft-core snuuf flick. Val Kilmer seemed to think he was in a comedy (his timing matched that of "Top Secret"). Sorvino has been beautiful in other roles (Replacement Killers, Mighty Aphrodite). In this film she looked, um, miserable, and since she can't act in drama, she was just miserable, painful. I tried to leave the theater, but my date was laughing too loud.

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