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Title: Dead Awake (2010)
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Cast
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| Nick Stahl | ... | Dylan | |
| Rose McGowan | ... | Charlie | |
| Amy Smart | ... | Natalie | |
| Ben Marten | ... | Steve | |
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Brian Lynner | ... | Decko |
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Kim Grimaldi | ... | Liz |
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James Serpento | ... | Detective Milano |
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Jack Mishler | ... | Mr. Brennan |
| Justin Marxen | ... | Jack | |
| Shane Simmons | ... | David | |
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Rachel Storey | ... | Tracy |
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Britt Slater | ... | Megan (as Brittany Slater) |
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Paul Nycz | ... | The Tattooed Man |
| Justin Urich | ... | Mad Terrence | |
| Andrea Leon | ... | Camilla | |
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Dylan, a young man working at a funeral parlor, is trying to unravel a mystery that shattered his life ten years earlier. After faking his own funeral to see who will show up, he befriends a mysterious street junkie and is reunited with an old love from his past. The lives of these three characters are transformed by supernatural forces as Dylan discovers that no one is who they seem to be. Written by Anonymous
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Rated R for language, drug content and brief sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 December 2010 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dead Awake See more »Filming Locations:
Des Moines, Iowa, USAEdit
Box Office
Budget:
$3,500,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$318,275Company Credits
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"Dead Awake" is one of the strangest movies I have seen in quite some time. Obviously, it was inspired by "The Sixth Sense", though the mystery angle has been increased, as well as with its strangeness. It's directed in a really bizarre way, in an anonymous style (and with anonymous locations) that for the longest time made me think the movie was shot in a foreign country and the filmmakers were trying hard to disguise things. Stranger, however, is the screenplay. While the big questions the movie brings up are eventually answered, there are several minor questions that remained unanswered, like the mysterious policeman character at the beginning as well as the status of Nick Stahl's character at the end of the movie. While the movie is offbeat enough to make its ninety-two minutes never boring, in the end I feel most viewers will be unsatisfied because it doesn't quite give enough explanation.