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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Shane Black (written by)
Release Date:
11 October 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Eight years ago she lost her memory. Now, a detective must help her remember the past before it buries them both. What's forgotten is not always gone.
Plot:
A women suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Amnesia
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Self Loathing
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Hidden Gun
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Blood
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Wetting Pants
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Awards:
3 nominations
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(23 articles)
The Notable Films of 2010: Part Four
(From Dark Horizons. 19 December 2009, 11:50 PM, PST)
Scenes We Love: The Long Kiss Goodnight
(From Cinematical. 17 December 2009, 11:45 AM, PST)
(From Dark Horizons. 19 December 2009, 11:50 PM, PST)
Scenes We Love: The Long Kiss Goodnight
(From Cinematical. 17 December 2009, 11:45 AM, PST)
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MUCH better than you'd expect
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Geena Davis | ... | Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Mitch Henessey | |
| Yvonne Zima | ... | Caitlin Caine | |
| Craig Bierko | ... | Timothy | |
| Tom Amandes | ... | Hal | |
| Brian Cox | ... | Dr. Nathan Waldman | |
| Patrick Malahide | ... | Leland Perkins | |
| David Morse | ... | Luke / Daedalus | |
| Joseph McKenna | ... | One-Eyed Jack | |
| Melina Kanakaredes | ... | Trin | |
| Dan Warry-Smith | ... | Raymond | |
| Kristen Bone | ... | Girl #1 | |
| Jennifer Pisana | ... | Girl #2 | |
| Rex Linn | ... | Man in Bed | |
| Alan North | ... | Earl |
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MPAA:
Rated R for a substantial amount of strong bloody violence, and for strong language.
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Runtime:
120 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:M18 |
Iceland:16 |
Australia:M (TV rating) |
USA:R (certificate #34389) |
South Korea:18 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
UK:15 (2008) |
Malaysia:18SG |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario)
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Trivia:
The song "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" by 'Vaughn Monroe (I)' plays in Samantha's car radio. It also featured at the end of Die Hard 2 (1990) also directed by Renny Harlin.
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Goofs:
Continuity: After the ice chase, Charly and Mitch are driving to get the money. We can see two cars approaching them on the other side of the road. From the inside of the car we see three cars pass them.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Final Destination (2009)
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Soundtrack:
(Not Just) Knee Deep
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Not a box office success; no-one really knows why. It may have failed simply because of its title. It looks as though you need a two-word tough-guy title to attract a sufficient proportion of the idiot crowd - "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon", "Hard Weapon", "Die Lethal", etc. - talking about "the long kiss goodnight" will get you nowhere. But for once Renny Harlin has made a GOOD action movie. A large part of the reason for this lies in the fact that the central character, Samantha, earns our affection and interest early on. As she becomes Charly again, we're torn: we certainly want Charly to thwart the bad guys, and all that; but we don't want her to lose touch with Samantha in order to do so - even though we like Charly, too. Geena Davis bestows all of her considerable charm on both halves of the central character. Samuel L. Jackson plays second fiddle for a change. It turns out he's good at it. That was a compliment.
Intelligent, far superior to anything in the "Die Hard" series - if I were more cynical I'd add, "it's not surprising that it didn't do well", but I don't really feel that way; it IS surprising that it didn't do well.