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Black River (2001) (TV)

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User Rating: 5.7/10 (506 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Jeff Bleckner
Writers (WGA):
Dean R. Koontz (novel)
Daniel Taplitz (teleplay)
Release Date:
6 July 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Remote. Controlled.
Plot:
A writer visits a town that isn't what it appears to be. | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Paul Weller (From The AV Club. 21 July 2008, 9:04 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Excellent rehash of an old "Star Trek" episode more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jay Mohr ... Boyd 'Bo' Aikens

Lisa Edelstein ... Laura Crosby

Ann Cusack ... Mandy Pruell
Ron Canada
Bill Dow

Scott Hylands
Dion Luther

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Mayor Tom Thompson
Patricia Drake ... Nancy Larshak

Ty Olsson ... Frank Yarley

Robert Moloney ... Sculptor

Betty Linde ... Elderly Woman

Frank C. Turner ... Farmer
Susan Bain ... Frannie Fineman

Fulvio Cecere ... Cop
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dean Koontz's Black River
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some violence and language.
Runtime:
100 min | Australia:83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:PG | Australia:M (video rating) | USA:PG
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Before Bo Aikens meets Laura Crosby in the diner, the blinds behind her change from opened to closed between shots. more
Movie Connections:
References The Wizard of Oz (1939) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent rehash of an old "Star Trek" episode, 3 June 2006
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Author: xredgarnetx from Connecticut

BLACK RIVER is a great retelling of old TV show episodes, like the "Star Trek" episode where Kirk eventually discovers the townsfolk have been worshiping a computer in a cave. Koontz, who over the years has turned into the best of the three major horror writers with a series of novels that have become downright metaphysical, obviously loves "The Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek" and probably "The Outer Limits." Jay ("Jerry McGuire") Mohr is a writer, originally from Vermont, who has become disillusioned with Los Angeles, and checks out a small Pacific Northwest town only to find he can't leave. Cameras are mounted on every traffic light, in every store and dwelling, and monitor everyone's movements while an unseen hand apparently controls the whole thing. Mohr is excellent as the frustrated prisoner, and is backed up by stellar performances from Ann (sister of Joan and John) Cusack as a too-happy waitress and Lisa ("House, MD") Edelstein as her architect sister who also has become trapped in the bucolic town of Black River. Other than what appears to be a limited budget and the fact it was clearly shot in Canada or some place other than the U.S., it is hard to tell this is a TV movie and not a theatrical release. The writing is first rate, and the actors have a ball with their roles in this old-fashioned paranoia thriller. Highly recommended. I can't wait for Hollywood to adapt any of Koontz's more recent output, which eschew standard horror plots in favor of near-transcendental stories interlaced with intermittent bouts of action.

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