Waking the Dead [Blu-ray]

Director: Keith Gordon

Overview

A man finds his melancholy turning to madness in this thriller. Young lawyer Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) has just thrown his hat in the ring for an upcoming congressional election. He has also been haunted by the memory of his girlfriend Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), who recently died in a car bombing -- and haunted not just figuratively but literally: he's seeing apparitions of Sarah everywhere, and he's starting to wonder if she's really there or if he's going mad. Waking the Dead is based on a novel by Scott Spencer, who also wrote Endless Love, and directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Keith Gordon.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2019
UPC:	0191329113615
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	R
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	23,993

Special Features

Deleted Scenes; Featurette; Feature Commentary with Director Keiht Gordon

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Billy Crudup	Fielding
Jennifer Connelly	Sarah
Molly Parker	Juliet
Janet McTeer	Caroline
Sandra Oh	Kim
Hal Holbrook	Isaac
Paul Hipp	Danny
Bill Haughland	TV Newsman
Nelson Landrieu	Francisco
Ivonne Coll	Gisella
Maxine Guess	Danny's Receptionist
Lawrence Dane	Governor,Governor Kinosis
Ed Harris	Jerry
Robert Harding	TV Newsman No. 2
Larry Marshall	Angelo
Don Jordan	Minister with Bertelli on TV
Caroline Sabourin	Little Sarah Look-Alike
Stanley Anderson	Fielding's Father
Patricia Gage	Fielding's Mother
John Carroll Lynch	Father Mileski
Bruce Dinsmore	Tony Dayton
Mimi Kuzyk	Adele Green
Tony Calabretta	Sonny Marchi
Walter Massey	Otto Ellis
Norris Domingue	Congressman at Issac's Party
Dean Hagopian	Politician at Issac's Party
Bernard Behrens	Father Stanton
Philip Williams	Al
Sharon Washington	Kelly
Ranee Lee	Woman from Fielding's Campaign
Zoe Sakellaropoulo	`Sarah' in Caroline's Flashback
Scott Spencer	Man with Sarah in Flashback
Alan Fawcett	Reporter at Restaurant
Leah Pinsent	Reporter from Fielding's Past
Karina Iraola	Seny
Marco Ledezma	Gustavo
Walt MacPherson	Sarah's Father
John Walsh	Protest Leader Outside Sarah's Funeral
Vlasta Vrana	Priest at Sarah's Funeral
Pascal Petardi	Kids Who Mug Fielding
Leonardo Fuica	Kids Who Mug Fielding
Qariy Hendrickson	Kids Who Mug Fielding
Sandra Caldwell	Concerned Mom from Letter
Justin Bradley	Adopted Kid from Letter
Richard Hicks	Young Man from Letter
Ed Cambridge	Old Man from Letter
Bill Haugland	TV Newsman at Bombing
Tomandandy	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Dillon

Jodie Foster	Executive Producer
Keith Gordon	Producer
Stuart Kleinman	Producer
Dave McKeown	Stunts
Linda Reisman	Producer
Bill Rivard	Special Effects
Lucile Robitaille	Casting
Robert Dillon	Screenwriter
Ronnie Yeskell	Casting
Richard Hicks	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Eschewing the predictable formulas from which most screen romances are concocted, Waking the Dead presents a complex, sophisticated, and highly intriguing love story. In his adaptation of Scott Spencer's critically acclaimed novel, writer-director Keith Gordon (The Chocolate War) maintains the book's multilayered narrative structure and fractured chronology, challenging the viewer to keep up with dizzying changes in time and place. Billy Crudup portrays an erstwhile politician and lifelong adherent to the status quo, determined to work within the system but madly in love with a beautiful, passionate activist played by Jennifer Connelly, who's fervently committed to effecting change from without. Her apparent death in a car bombing sends the stiff-backed politico into a tailspin. But is she really dead? Has she returned to rescue him from his soul-numbing ways? Emotionally demanding and quietly compelling, Waking the Dead will stimulate viewers with its unique perspective.