Dragonfly (2002)

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through his patients' near death experiences.

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Writers:

Brandon Camp (story), Mike Thompson (story)

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Costner	...	Joe Darrow
Susanna Thompson	...	Emily Darrow
Joe Morton	...	Hugh Campbell
Ron Rifkin	...	Charlie Dickinson
Kathy Bates	...	Mrs. Belmont
Robert Bailey Jr.	...	Jeffrey Reardon
Jacob Smith	...	Ben
Jay Thomas	...	Hal
Lisa Banes	...	Flora
Matt Craven	...	Eric
Casey Biggs	...	Neil Darrow
Leslie Hope	...	Charisse Darrow
Peter Hansen	...	Phillip Darrow
Mary Beth Fisher	...	Eulogist
Kim Staunton	...	Intake Nurse

Storyline

Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

whitewater rafting | psychotronic film | airstrip | cafeteria | downpour | 

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Taglines:

When someone you love dies... are they gone forever?

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material and mild sensuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alison Lohman had a small role as a cancer patient but was cut out of the movie. Since she shaved her hair off for the part, she had to wear a wig throughout her next movie, White Oleander (2002).

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Goofs

When Joe is walking down the hall to the nurse after seeing the dead man go into the room, the elevator behind the nurse opens, but in the next shot, it's closed. This was because of a deleted scene in which Joe's dead wife was supposed to appear in the elevator.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Emily Darrow: [over the phone] It's bad, Joe. They're evacuating the villages. We're about to be washed out. We're hearing gunfire now.
Joe Darrow: Can you... can you get to Calamar? Can you get across the border to Columbia?
Emily Darrow: They're putting us on the bus. I don't know where they're taking us. Joe? Joe?
Joe Darrow: Emily!

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Alternate Versions

The DVD also features the following scenes:

• Joe performing surgery and Hugh asking him if he's comfortable playing God
• Joe seeing the boy Jeffrey in his house before waking up from a dream; an alternate end to the dinner where Joe is called away from dinner with the Darrows - they briefly discuss how they tried to get him to go into private practice and then he has a flashback to him and his wife listening to their unborn child
• the bit from the trailer with Emily emerging from the hospital elevator mentioned earlier
• and another bit where Joe sees a beckoning Emily in the hospital as a nurse discusses a eye transplant.

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Connections

Remade as Saaya (2003)

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Soundtracks

Star
Written by Randy Coleman
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Gavin MacKillop
Performed by Zoo Story
Courtesy of 3:33 Music Group

User Reviews

Why Dark Knight rate 9 and Dragonfly only 6 ?

I don't want to speak about this lovely movie too much. The story is simple, but the actors and the acting are great. The ending is surprising in a good way and the atmosphere of the film is very well realized.

I write this review because I wonder how low is the medium IQ of the regular voters on IMDb ? How can they rate a idiotic movie like Dark Knight 9, ranking the 10th movie of all times !!!, and a decent film like this only 6 ? Maybe because there are no special effects , no lame actor died shortly after filming, and the romance is no more appreciated.

Few years ago you can rely on the IMDb ranking, but now you can miss many good movies and go see a lot of rubbish, if you consider the vote from present site.

If you are a little bit romantic, see this film, you will like it.

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

22 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dragonfly

Filming Locations:

Arcadia, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,216,025, 24 February 2002

Gross USA:

$30,323,400

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$52,323,400

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Gran Via

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1