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Features: DVD
Editor's Note
In Kenneth Branagh's stylish suspense film, Branagh stars as Mike Church, a Los Angeles detective who is drawn into the life of Grace (Emma Thompson), a woman with amnesia who is plagued by disturbing nightmares. Attempts to help her regain her memory bring them to Franklyn Madson (Derek Jacobi), a mysterious hypnotist who runs an antique shop. Under hypnosis, Grace claims that in a previous life she was Margaret Strauss, a concert pianist who was murdered by her jealous husband, Roman. Further sessions lead her to believe that Mike is actually Roman reincarnated and that the two are destined to re-create the murder. Mike must then attempt to solve two mysteries--the real identity of Grace and the true story behind a 40-year-old crime. Branagh's taut thriller also features Robin Williams, Andy Garcia, and Campbell Scott.
Plot Summary
In DEAD AGAIN, an L.A. detective's humdrum life is shaken up by the appearance of a beautiful woman suffering from amnesia. Her memory returns in a series of increasingly violent flashbacks, some of which date back to a former life in which the detective was her possibly homicidal husband.
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 9/15/2009 |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | UPC: 00032429068668 | | Number of Discs: 0 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: B&W and Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "What I believe, Mr. Baker, is that this is all far from over."----Roman Strauss (Kenneth Branagh) to Gray Baker (Andy Garcia) |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...A big, convoluted, entertainingly dizzy romantic mystery melodrama....Another coup de cinéma for [Branagh]..." 08/23/1991 p.C1USA Today
"...It's fun to see somebody revive the amnesia genre....[Thompson is] appealing in both of her roles..." 08/23/1991 p.4D Los Angeles Times
"...A giddy whirling dervish of a movie that serves as a stylish and witty sonnet to the ghosts of Hollywood past..." 08/23/1991 p.F1 |
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