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Waking the Dead

2000 · 105 min

A haunting, time-shifting romance that blurs memory and reality, leaving you unsettled and moved.

Directed by
Keith Gordon
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Romance
Tagline
Sometimes love has a life of it's own.
Overview
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

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Directed by
Keith Gordon
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • politics
  • love
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama, romance
Directed by
Keith Gordon
Written by
Robert Dillon
Starring
Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh, John Carroll Lynch, Stanley Anderson
Music
Andy Milburn, Scott Shields
Cinematography
Tom Richmond
Runtime
105 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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