Dead Again

1991
15
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

31K

YOUR RATING

Home Video Trailer from Paramount Home Entertainment

Play trailer2:16

1 Video

99+ Photos

Whodunnit Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection ... Read allA woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

31K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 6 nominations total

Videos1

Trailer 2:16

Dead Again

Photos162

+ 154

‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits

Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and director Marc Webb take our Ultimate Disney Quiz.

Watch now

9:57

More like this

7.0

Peter's Friends

7.5

Henry V

7.3

Much Ado About Nothing

7.7

2.9

6.3

6.3

7.5

7.2

In the Bleak Midwinter

5.3

Being Human

7.0

Look Back in Anger

5.8

Seize the Day

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
This movie was shot entirely in color. It was decided during editing, however, that the movement between past and present could be made clearer by printing the Roman and Margaret scenes in black-and-white. Director Sir Kenneth Branagh comments on the DVD that the costume and set designers were disappointed by this, because they would have used different colors for those scenes, which would photograph better in black-and-white, had they known this.

Goofs
In the opening credits, the newspaper stories (other than the obvious headlines) consist of the same five paragraphs printed 37 times in succession.

Quotes
Cozy Carlisle: Someone's either a smoker or a nonsmoker. There's no in-between. The trick is to find out which one you are and be that.
Mike Church: Yeah, well, you know, I'm - I'm trying to quit. So...
Cozy Carlisle: Don't tell me you're trying to quit. People who say they are trying to quit are basically pussies who cannot commit. Find out which one you are. Be that. That's it. If you're a nonsmoker, you'll know.

Crazy credits
Jo Anderson and Patrick Doyle are each credited twice for their dual roles in this movie.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: David Steinberg/Kenneth Branagh/The Harper Brothers (1991)

Soundtracks
Lush Life
Written by Billy Strayhorn

User reviews150

Featured review

7/10

Multi-faceted film worth seeing

This is a gripping film, multi-layered, with a good script and good performances from its cast.

The story is interesting: a woman (plagued by a recurring nightmare) lands up, unable to speak, with amnesia, at a local convent. Mike Church (Branagh) must find out who she is. (We 'know', owing to black and white footage (featuring the same actors, but different characters, about 40 years ago, shortly after WW II) Through hypnotherapy, questions of reincarnation and past lives emerge.The film creates, rather than answers, questions. There are a number of twists and turns in the plot to make this film gripping.

I was not totally convinced that the ending of the film serves its purpose, but the film is gripping. Do see it.