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Writers (WGA):
Ira Levin (novel)
James Dearden (screenplay)
Release Date:
26 April 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
Loving him was easy. Trusting him was deadly.
Plot:
Realising his secret girl-friend Dorothy's pregnancy will sour her relations with her ultra-rich father... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
Gays of our Lives (May 5, 2009)
(From AfterElton.com. 4 May 2009, 6:11 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Book good, Movie not. more (32 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Bonfanti | ... | Young Jonathan |
| Sarah Keller | ... | Lecturer |
 | Sean Young | ... | Ellen / Dorothy Carlsson |
 | Martha Gehman | ... | Patricia Farren |
| Lia Chang | ... | Shoe Saleslady |
 | Matt Dillon | ... | Jonathan Corliss |
| Yvette Edelhart | ... | Screaming Lady |
 | Max von Sydow | ... | Thor Carlsson |
| Jim Fyfe | ... | Terry Dieter |
| Lachele Carl | ... | Reporter |
 | Briony Glassco | ... | Waitress |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Commissioner Malley |
 | James Russo | ... | Dan Corelli |
 | Diane Ladd | ... | Mrs. Corliss |
| Adam Horovitz | ... | Jay Faraday |
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Brocket Hall, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK more
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Sean Young signed on after Bridget Fonda quit the production. more
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Factual errors: It is stated fairly early that Thor Carlsson came to America from Denmark. Carlsson is not a Danish name; it's Swedish and Nordic, but not Danish. In Danish, it would be Carlsen or Karlsen. "Thor" is arguably also Nordic, but that is more acceptable (Thor is an old Nordic name, mainly from Norway, but is in rare cases also used in Sweden and Denmark). more
Quotes:
Nurse: She's got two broken ribs, a broken jaw, and a bad concussion. We're going to keep her overnight for observation. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Yes, Dear: A List Before Dying (#4.21)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Transfusion more
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The movie "a kiss before dying" couldn't even begin to do the book justice and had no magnatism to it whatsoever. Most people who read the book will probably concede it was better and if you haven't seen this movie and are thinking of it-don't read the book before hand or you will be sorely disappointed. Read it afterward and see what a mess they made of the movie.
The acting here was not convincing(no offence to Matt Dillion) but how much better would this have been if Ed Norton played the psycho? The book was pretty darn scary, the movie is your typical horror-and a bad one at that.
Maybe I was spoiled by the book, but even had there not been an original book this movie just didn't have anything to it to make it stand out and with the ADDED bonus of there having been a book in the first place it only succeeds in detracting from the movie's allure. Not the worst thriller ever made but far from the best.