Waking the Dead Movie Review 2000

Director Gordon's uneven but earnest adaptation of the Scott Spencer novel features Crudup as Fielding Pierce, an aspiring politician haunted by the death ten years earlier of his activist girlfriend Sarah (Connelly) in a car bombing. As Fielding begins a run at the Senate, he starts to see Sarah in crowds, wondering if the reports of her death were exaggerated, and doubting his sanity. The love story angle gets a lot of play, yet manages to be unconvincing, and the frequent jumps back and forth in time are jarring. Crudup and Connelly seem in over their heads at times.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Vote for Me!, Period Piece: 1970s, Period Piece: 1980s, Campus Capers, Coast Guard

Screenplay

Robert Dillon

Cast

Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh, Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane

Cinematography

Tom Richmond

Director

Keith Gordon

Music

Tomandandy

Producer

Gramercy Pictures, Egg Pictures, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, USA Pictures