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Desperate Measures
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- Released
- 21/07/2003
- DVD Region
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2 (UK, Western Europe, Japan)
Also plays on multi-region DVD players
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- Drama, General
Description
Widowed police officer Frank Conner (Andy Garcia) has a cancer-stricken nine-year-old son, Matthew (Joseph Cross), whose only hope for survival is a bone-marrow transplant, but the only matching donor is Pete McCabe (Michael Keaton), a vicious, psychotic killer being held in a maximum-security prison. McCabe at first denies Conner's request for help but then agrees, devising an elaborate plan to use the medical procedure as an opportunity to escape. McCabe breaks loose before the transfusion can occur, and Conner is forced to become both his tracker and his ally, wanting to bring the serial killer back into custody but determined--for the sake of his son--to keep McCabe alive. Keaton is chilling as the vicious, brilliant convict, while Garcia turns in a heartfelt performance as a devoted father caught in the middle of a bad situation getting worse. With DESPERATE MEASURES, director Barbet Schroeder (REVERSAL OF FORTUNE), renowned for his knack of combining urgent family drama with white-knuckle suspense, adds another crowd-pleasing, thought-provoking film to his list of successes.
Plot Synopsis
San Franciscan Police Officer, Frank Connor, has to go to desperate measures to find a suitable bone marrow donor for his critically ill son. The perfect match is a homicidal sociopath serving a life sentence who escapes from prison while being transferred to hospital, leaving dead and wounded. The race is on to recapture him and he has to be alive...
Product Details
- Actors
- Michael Keaton
- Andy Garcia
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Brian Cox
- Scott Colomby
- Tracey Walter
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- Director
- Barbet Schroeder
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 English
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.78:1
- 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Run Time (minutes)
- 97
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Language
- English
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Film Rating (Australia)
- MA15+
- Year of release
- 1998
- Film Rating (UK)
- 15
- Colour System
- PAL
- Cast & Crew
- Trevor Jones (Composer)
- Gary Jones (Costume Designer)
- Luciano Tovoli (Director of Photography)
- Lee Percy (Editor)
- Barbet Schroeder (Producer)
- Gary Foster (Producer)
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