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Final (2001) 5.8
Bill wakes up from a coma in a hospital ward, raving about tissue regeneration experiments, final injections, organ transplants and having been cryogenically frozen. Battling flashbacks of ... See full summary » Director:Campbell ScottWriter:Bruce McIntosh (screenplay) |
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Dr. Ann Johnson
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Todd
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Dayton
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Sherry
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Bill's Father
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Bruce McIntosh | ... |
Dr. Edward Manning
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Larry
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Coloring Patient
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Bill wakes up from a coma in a hospital ward, raving about tissue regeneration experiments, final injections, organ transplants and having been cryogenically frozen. Battling flashbacks of his father's death and a car crash, occasional hallucinations and fits of rage he tries to piece together his own history with the help of Ann, a lonely medical psychologist sent in to evaluate whether he should be released. In their confrontational, sexually-charged sessions, Bill flip-flops between pitch-perfect self-diagnoses and his paranoid bio-tech fantasies, but slowly begins to heal. But things are not what they seem. Written by Anonymous
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 June 2001 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Connecticut, USABox Office
Budget:
$80,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$1,933 (USA) (7 December 2001)Gross:
$8,693 (USA) (18 January 2002)Company Credits
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InDigEnt (Independent Digital Entertainment), Independent Film Channel (IFC), Spare Room Productions See more »
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Bill: Well, the Sun, which is a massive hydrogen and, what is it? It's combusting away. And the um, the hemisphere rotated enough that we could...
Ann: But, for you...
Bill: You trying to separate me from the Sun?
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Blues guitarist Guy Davis, the singer at the bar, also provides most of the soundtrack. See more »Goofs
There is a typo on the consent form: "physical harm" reads "physical farm". See more »Quotes
Ann: The day, how did it start for you?Bill: Well, the Sun, which is a massive hydrogen and, what is it? It's combusting away. And the um, the hemisphere rotated enough that we could...
Ann: But, for you...
Bill: You trying to separate me from the Sun?
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... but better - thanks to great character acting from Davis and Leary. However, the movie is just too long for what it delivers: a 2 hour, 2 person talk-fest in which nothing really happens.
This story involves a man who wakes up in a psychiatric ward / hospital and thinks it's the future and that he's going to be given a (final) lethal injection. The entire movie is basically about his interaction with his doctor in the patient room and hospital yard.
The only saving grace of this movie is the strong acting performances by both Leary and Davis. Leary is very dynamic and energetic (it's actually very impressive) and Davis does outstanding counterplay as his restrained, even-toned psychiatrist.
This makes them interesting to watch - to listen to. The memory flashbacks also help break up the dialog.
However, almost NOTHING happens in this movie - it's huge talk-fest and the story could have been shrunk to 30 or 40 minutes max. If it weren't for the quality of acting (which induced me to think the movie may get better), I would have quit watching early on. In the final analysis, I also realized that I didn't even get anything out of the great performances beyond recognizing the skill of actors.
If you're a Denis Leary or Hope Davis fan, you'll probably enjoy watching them act. For the average movie-goer, see something else.