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The Long Kiss Goodnight
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Overview

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Director:
Renny Harlin
Writer (WGA):
Shane Black (written by)
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Release Date:
11 October 1996 (USA) more
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
Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
MUCH better than you'd expect more (243 total)

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for a substantial amount of strong bloody violence, and for strong language.
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
Forge more

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Trivia:
"RFK 575" is the license plate used in the film for the dead terrorist's car. It's also the license plate used by Derek Zoolander's roommate in Zoolander (2001) and in a car in Final Destination (2000). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Mitch's view of Charly carrying Caitlin through the night-vision binoculars shows the perspective of footage shot from a much closer position. more
Quotes:
Mitch Henessey: I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Final Destination (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Jingle Bells more

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What kind of amnesia does Samantha say she has?
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69 out of 96 people found the following comment useful.
MUCH better than you'd expect, 13 August 2000
8/10
Author: Spleen from Canberra, Australia

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.

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