Rear Window (1998) (TV)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers (WGA):

Cornell Woolrich (story)
Eric Overmyer (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

22 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Modern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Architect | Remake Of Hitchcock Film | Actress Playing Multiple Roles | Sculptor

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Christopher Reeve	...	Jason Kemp
Daryl Hannah	...	Claudia Henderson
Robert Forster	...	Detective Charlie Moore
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Antonio Fredericks
Anne Twomey	...	Leila, Jason's Ex-Wife
Ritchie Coster	...	Julian Thorpe
Allison Mackie	...	Ilene Thorpe / Ilene's Sister
Ali Marsh	...	Alison Rothman
Julie Baker	...	Luscious Woman
Maggie Kiley	...	Professional Woman
Peter Giles	...	Professional Man
Max Chalawsky	...	Writer
Marc Holzman	...	Gay Man
David Pittu	...	Gay Mate
Monique Cintron	...	Janet

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Australia:M | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cambria Productions

Trivia:

When Jason Kemp (Christopher Reeve) is questioned by Detective Moore (Robert Forster), Kemp tells him he is the architect for a project called "The Woolrich Performing Arts Center". Cornell Woolrich is the author of the story "It Had To Be Murder" (published in Dime Detective Magazine in February 1942), upon which the movie Rear Window is based.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009) (TV)

Why?

Gus Van Sant's remake of PSYCHO at least had an interesting premise behind it - is a clone of an art object in itself? We know the answer now :-)

This appalling remake of REAR WINDOW has only one use, and that a cautionary one. You can't improve on perfection.

OK - we all feel sorry for Christopher Reeve. What happened to him shouldn't happen to anybody. But giving him this role was either an act of misplaced kindness or one of cynical exploitation and CR's bank balance is the only thing that has benefited from this total abortion of a remake. Just about everything that was worth having in the original has been fubarred here.

I'll stop here before I become *really* abusive. Avoid this turkey like the plague.