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Kenneth Branagh
Director -
Sydney Pollack
Executive Producer -
Kenny Endoso
Stunts -
Franklyn Warren
Extras Casting -
Steve Boyum
Stunt Coordinator -
Victoria Martin
Foley Editor -
Phill Norman
Title Designer -
Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
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talisencrw 6/23/2021 3:57:48 PM
By far, my favourite film of Branagh's that he's directed. A solid mystery/thriller--the kind that's not done enough these days IMHO. Though he's certainly diversified his oeuvre recently, what with Disney remakes and even superhero films, I wish he had done a lot more like this one, rather than, high-quality as they are, a metric tonne of yet-more Shakespearean adaptations.
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DocTerminus 2/17/2022 5:55:42 PM
Kenneth Branagh's first film, **HENRY V**, was a critical triumph. But since it was a Shakespeare story, it is overlooked as high-brow. With **DEAD AGAIN** as his sophomore directorial effort, Branagh has a film for the popcorn crowd. If **HENRY V** was tonally like a Laurence Olivier film, **DEAD AGAIN** is tonally like an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Filmed in 2 eras, in both color and black and white, with characters portraying multiple characters, a private eye, reincarnation, a fortune teller even a _femme fatale_ suffering from amnesia! Obviously **DEAD AGAIN** is a suspense thriller of old. The screenplay by Scott Frank - screenwriter of **OUT OF SIGHT**, **GET SHORTY** and **MINORITY REPORT**- is taut and exciting. Branagh's creative use of camera and the thundering musical score by his musical alter ego, Patrick Doyle, marry well with that script. Once again, Branagh carries the film in front and behind the camera. This time taking on 2 different roles, as does his one-time wife Emma Thompson. While some from his Shakespeare community appear in other roles, Branagh embraces his first Hollywood film by bringing on board American actors, like Andy Garcia and Robin Williams. In the end, story is king in **DEAD AGAIN**. It is fun and exciting and easily one of the best films of 1991. _"...two halves of the same person. Nothing can separate them, not even death.”_
Emma Thompson
Margaret Strauss / GraceCampbell Scott
Doug O'MalleyKenneth Branagh
Roman Strauss / Mike ChurchRobin Williams
Cozy CarlisleRaymond Cruz
ClerkWayne Knight
Pete DuganAndy García
Gray BakerGordana Rashovich
Handcuffed Woman