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6 July 2001 (USA)
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Remote. Controlled.
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A writer visits a town that isn't what it appears to be. | full synopsis
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(5 articles)
Music: Review:Blitzen Trapper: Black River Killer
(From The AV Club. 24 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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(From The AV Club. 24 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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I`ve Seen This In THE X-FILES
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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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Dean Koontz's Black River
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Rated PG for some violence and language.
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100 min | Australia:83 min
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Continuity: When Bo Aikens is going into Helen's diner to talk to Laura, Mandy's hair is up. A few seconds later when Mandy is seen watching Bo her hair is down. Then a few seconds later still, when Bo asks to borrow Mandy's radio, her hair is back up again.
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References The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Is there some type of written rule in American TVMs ( And for the sake of argument I class this as a TVM - not a mini series ) that there must be a tear jerking scene included ? I`m just curious because BLACK RIVER opens with a man called Bo Aikens burying his dog and boy is the sentiment laid on with a trowel . Am I supposed to empathise with Bo because his dog died ? Well I don`t and even if I did any sympathy I might have had for him would have disappeared a few minutes later when he confesses he worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood , lived in a big house with his beautiful wife with a big car parked in a big garage , but decided to give it all up because he wanted to be taken seriously as a writer . So let`s see now , he was working as a Hollywood screenwriter ( And getting big bucks for doing so ) and gave it all up because he wasn`t getting enough critical acclaim ! In other words he`s a schmuck and deserves everything that comes his way in my opinion .
I`ve heard the name Dean Koontz but have never read any of his novels and couldn`t tell you anything about the author and it wasn`t untill I looked up his profile on this site that I found he was American born . Watching BLACK RIVER I wouldn`t have believed it because the American stereotypes of middle America in general and Black River in particular seem somewhat overplayed with American pie hospitality and the occasional redneck scumbag in a premise that would have probably worked better as an episode of THE X-FILES. In fact I`ve seen this type of story umpteen times in that show