Dead Again Page #3

Synopsis: Mike Church is a Los Angeles private detective who specializes in finding missing persons. He takes on the case of a mute woman who is suffering from a total amnesia and doesn't even know her name. She keeps having nightmares involving the murder of a pianist, Margaret, by her husband Roman Strauss in the late 1940s. In an attempt to solve the mystery about her identity and her nightmares, Church accepts the help of an antiquary who arrives to offer his services as a hypnotist. The hypnosis sessions will soon begin to reveal some surprises.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Kenneth Branagh
Production: Paramount Home Video
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
1991
107 min
378 Views


That's a beauty, isn't it?

The desk and bookcase in there|are from the same period.

Good night.

Welcome to...

"The desk and bookshelf in there|are from the same period."

What an a**hole!

These are for you.

What's going on? Open the door!

Take it easy.

You're OK. It's OK. Take it easy.

I'm not telling you anything.|You tell me what her ring looks like.

A coiled serpent.

Skull and crossbones? Yeah?

Matches the tattoo?|Thanks for calling, Floyd.

The entire male|population of LA's checked in.

This is better than video dating.

- Excuse me, Mr Church?|- Yeah. Can I help you?

Actually, I'm here to help you.

Who are you supposed|to be, her grandfather?

Not her grandfather,|nor her grandmother, for that matter.

In fact, I'm no relation at all.|My name is Franklyn Madson.

That's a very handsome chair.|That's a Heywood-Wakefield.

I'll give you $45 for that right now.

It's a Stickley, worth $250.|What can I do for you?

A glass of water would be lovely.

Your stairs are rather steep.|The long climb's worn me out a bit.

I see cases like this all the time.

A person experiences a trauma

and they want to erase it|from their minds.

The trouble is, they erase|everything else along with it.

- You a shrink?|- No, not exactly.

I'm a hypnotist.

Here's the water, there's|the door. Sorry about the stairs.

Tastes a bit like bourbon.

It's simply a matter of regressing|the young lady back to a happier time

and then asking her who she is.

Your hand is feeling|very light, my dear,

so light that I'm afraid|if I were to let go of it,

it would just float up,|all on its own.

- Who gave you permission?|- No.

She's perfectly all right.|Continue to relax, my dear.

Tell yourself|you're going deeper and deeper

into a state of hypnosis. That's it.

That's right.

That's very nice.

Good.

My dear, let us go back.

Tell me, has something...

Somebody help me!

- Is she still under?|- No.

What made you scream?|Can you talk now?

At least we know she does talk.|Rather well, in fact.

How do you feel?

I'd say she was feeling better.|Splendid.

You could come by my shop tomorrow|afternoon and we can try again.

I shall need several hours|but the surroundings there will be...

You did great, she spoke,|but I don't have the money...

No. It will cost you nothing,|Mr Church.

We'll deal with her family|when we find them.

I'm sure they'll find my services|invaluable

once they realise I'm the one|who's reunited them with their...

daughter, wife, or whomever.

You have some lovely things. Pity...

I bid you all good day.

You missed something around the back.|Do you want to put your head down?

I'll get you a towel.

Madson?

You were inside|President Roosevelt's office?

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Scott Frank

A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and author. He has earned two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, for Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017). more…

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