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Release Date:
19 August 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
Five Suspects. Two Lovers. One Killer. Nothing is what it seems... except murder. more
Plot:
A color-blind psychiatrist Bill Capa is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group, all of whom have a connection to a mysterious young woman that Capa begins having intense sexual encounters with. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 win
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8 nominations
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A real mental patient's opinion of this film...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bruce Willis | ... | Dr. Bill Capa |
 | Jane March | ... | Rose |
 | Rubén Blades | ... | Lt. Hector Martinez |
 | Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Sondra Dorio |
 | Scott Bakula | ... | Dr. Bob Moore |
 | Brad Dourif | ... | Clark |
 | Lance Henriksen | ... | Buck |
 | Kevin J. O'Connor | ... | Casey Heinz |
| Andrew Lowery | ... | Dale Dexter |
 | Eriq La Salle | ... | Det. Anderson |
| Jeff Corey | ... | Ashland |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... | Michelle |
| Shirley Knight | ... | Edith Niedelmeyer |
| John Bower | ... | Medical Examiner |
| Avi Korein | ... | Bouncer |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language. (also director's cut)
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Runtime:
121 min | USA:140 min (director's cut) | Argentina:133 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Philippines:R-18 |
USA:NC-17 (original rating) |
Italy:VM14 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 (director's cut) |
Germany:16 |
Norway:18 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Argentina:18
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MAXIM magazine had named this film's sex scenes as the best sex scenes in film history.
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Boom mic visible: When Capa talks to Mrs. Niedelmeyer, there's a 3-foot long shadow of the boom mic on the door.
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Dr. Bill Capa:
Six weeks ago I spoke harshly to a patient and she commited suicide right in front of me.
Sondra Dorio: Oh I'm so sorry
Dr. Bill Capa: I guess she would've done this anyway my colleagues say but I don't know. And my patient her name was Michelle jumped out of a window in my office.
[begins to cry]
Dr. Bill Capa: So much blood! So red! And right before my eyes the red just disappeared just turned to grey so I don't see red now! But you see I was her doctor! And I failed so I can't help you I don't think you want someone like me around right now!
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Sondra Dorio: Oh I'm so sorry
Dr. Bill Capa: I guess she would've done this anyway my colleagues say but I don't know. And my patient her name was Michelle jumped out of a window in my office.
[begins to cry]
Dr. Bill Capa: So much blood! So red! And right before my eyes the red just disappeared just turned to grey so I don't see red now! But you see I was her doctor! And I failed so I can't help you I don't think you want someone like me around right now!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
The Color of the Night
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As I sit and recall all the idiocies of this film, one of the most amusing that I remember is the idea put forth that a person with DID will disguise themselves to look like a different person when one of their alternates come out. In nearly eleven years of knowingly watching these patients switch from personality to personality, I have yet to see this happen. This is before we even get into the fact that Jane March's behaviour during this film more closely resembles that of a person suffering mania - hypersexuality, paranoia, irrational fear, and so forth.
Bruce Willis must also be wondering why he signed up for this stinker. I'm sure the shooting script must have looked wonderful, but a combination of extremely clumsy editing (the sex scenes in the middle of the film are a wonderful example) and poor character development turned this into another Plan 9 From Outer Space. To all of you who gave this turkey positive comments, I ask you to ask yourselves: what psychiatrist in their right mind would see patients in buildings where it is that easy for patients to off themselves? Especially in such a lawsuit-happy society as America? What psychiatrist in their right mind stays back late in their office without carrying a firearm when they know someone is stalking them? Finally, when was the last time you heard of a psychiatrist taking over a group of patients for a friend in the profession when one of them might have murdered him? Oh, and a special note on Ruben Blades' role: even beat police are not that ignorant about psychiatry, an especially important element of their job considering how often they may be confronted by psych patients waving weapons in the middle of an episodic crisis.
As a veteran of numerous therapy groups, I could not stop laughing at this film. If it had been approached with the intention of making a comedy, then it would have succeeded beyond all expectations. However, the advertising campaign and the babbling tone of the dialogue left me with the general feeling that this film was taking itself WAY too seriously. If you do take yourself that seriously, get a better script. If you have such a ridiculous script that will get laughed at by the 20% that will experience some form of psychiatric problem in their lifetime (that's just a statistical fact based on reported cases... the real incidence may actually be higher), don't take yourself so seriously. It's that simple.