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Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson in...

The Long Kiss Goodnight

( Catalog Number ID3738LI )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc

The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 - 122 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Nice, quiet Samantha lives in a pleasant town, with her beautiful daughter... and amnesia. After she's brutally attacked, Sam makes a stab at remembering her mysterious past. Little by little, she recalls that she was once Charly, a bad-to-the-bone, highly-trained government assassin, who knew too much about her employer's dirty dealings. Her former colleagues thought was dead -- until now. Soon, they're out to do everything they can to kill her.
  All the while, benign Samantha is slowing transforming into the ruthless Charly.  And that's good, because she will need ALL of her killer instincts in order to survive...

LaserDisc Movie Review:
An ordinary woman discovers that her life was not always ordinary in this action thriller. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a typical, well-mannered single mother working as a schoolteacher when she isn't looking after her children. Nothing on the surface would seem to be remarkable about Samantha's life, but every once in a while she has vague memories and unexplained impulses that don't add up with her current life experience; she has scars but no idea of how they got there, she suddenly displays a deadly talent for knife-throwing while chopping vegetables for dinner, and when she sees a deer, she suddenly attacks it with her bare hands. When an auto accident and a television news broadcast stirs some more uncomfortable memories, Samantha hires private investigator Mitch Hennessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to look into her past and see what he can find. Mitch learns that Samantha isn't really Samantha after all --- her name is Charley and she used to be a professional assassin with a secret government intelligence program. After a severe head injury, Charley developed a case of amnesia, and in time she developed her new personality as Samantha. However, her old boss has kept tabs on her, and now that it looks as if the old Charley is starting to come out again, he sends a pair of hit men after her to see to it that she doesn't remember anything else; soon Samantha and Mitch are on the run, trying to outdistance the killers as they get to the bottom of Charley's secret life. The Long Kiss Goodnight was directed by Renny Harlin, husband of leading lady Geena Davis; this was their second project together, following Cutthroat Island, released the previous year. --- Mark Deming

Certainly a vast improvement over the legendary debacle of Cutthroat Island (1995), the previous collaboration of the then husband-and-wife team of director Renny Harlin and star Geena Davis, this overblown action thriller starts out very strong but fails to pay off in a satisfying conclusion. Acting really isn't the hallmark of the action genre, so suffice it to say that the cast is what is required of a fast-paced pulp tale littered with corpses and explosions: They grunt, grimace and grit their teeth with appropriate determination when firing a weapon or jumping from great heights. It's the script by Shane Black that makes or breaks a film such as this, so it's a pleasant surprise that The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) starts off with an inventive high concept twist, developing a character nicely. Sadly, it then morphs somewhere in the second act into a routine series of percussive beats and a predictable government espionage/conspiracy/paranoia tale. If their project had delved into the issues of identity as thoughtfully as those action epics based on the works of novelist Philip K. Dick, the filmmakers might truly have had something not only viscerally exciting but intellectually fresh and stimulating on their hands. --- Karl Williams

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Cast for The Long Kiss Goodnight

Geena Davis - Samantha Caine (Charly)
Samuel L. Jackson - Mitch Henessey
Patrick Malahide - Perkins
Craig Bierko - Timothy
Brian Cox - Nathan
David Morse - Luke/Daedalus
Alan North - Earl
G.D. Spradlin - President
Yvonne Zima - Caitlin
Tom Amandes - Hal
Joe McKenna - One-Eyed Jack
Melina Kanakaredes - Trin

Crew for The Long Kiss Goodnight

Stephanie Austin - Producer
Renny Harlin - Producer / Director
Shane Black - Screenwriter / Producer
William C. Goldenberg - Editor
Howard Cummings - Production Designer
Steve Arnold - Art Director
Dennis Davenport - Art Director
Carla Fry - Co-producer
Michael De Luca - Executive Producer
Richard Saperstein - Executive Producer
Steve Tisch - Executive Producer
Bonnie Greenberg - Musical Direction/Supervision
Alan Silvestri - Songwriter
Tom Doherty - Set Designer
Michael Taylor - Set Designer
Michael Kaplan - Costume Designer
Jeffrey A. Okun - Special Effects
Bruce G. Moriarty - First Assistant Director
Steve M. Davidson - Coordinator
Guillermo Navarro - Camera Operator
Douglas Ganton - Sound/Sound Designer
Mary Vernieu - Casting
Ronnie Yeskel - Casting

Feature Details

Title: The Long Kiss Goodnight
Feature Release Date: 1996
Genre: Action
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 122 Minutes
Chapters: 29
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 19 Mar 1997
Catalog Number: ID3738LI
UPC: 014381373868
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Image Entertainment

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ID3738LI
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson in...

The Long Kiss Goodnight

( Catalog Number ID3738LI )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 - 122 min. - Color
Genre: Action
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Nice, quiet Samantha lives in a pleasant town, with her beautiful daughter... and amnesia. After she's brutally attacked, Sam makes a stab at remembering her mysterious past. Little by little, she recalls that she was once Charly, a bad-to-the-bone, highly-trained government assassin, who knew too much about her employer's dirty dealings. Her former colleagues thought was dead -- until now. Soon, they're out to do everything they can to kill her.
  All the while, benign Samantha is slowing transforming into the ruthless Charly.  And that's good, because she will need ALL of her killer instincts in order to survive...

LaserDisc Movie Review:
An ordinary woman discovers that her life was not always ordinary in this action thriller. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a typical, well-mannered single mother working as a schoolteacher when she isn't looking after her children. Nothing on the surface would seem to be remarkable about Samantha's life, but every once in a while she has vague memories and unexplained impulses that don't add up with her current life experience; she has scars but no idea of how they got there, she suddenly displays a deadly talent for knife-throwing while chopping vegetables for dinner, and when she sees a deer, she suddenly attacks it with her bare hands. When an auto accident and a television news broadcast stirs some more uncomfortable memories, Samantha hires private investigator Mitch Hennessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to look into her past and see what he can find. Mitch learns that Samantha isn't really Samantha after all --- her name is Charley and she used to be a professional assassin with a secret government intelligence program. After a severe head injury, Charley developed a case of amnesia, and in time she developed her new personality as Samantha. However, her old boss has kept tabs on her, and now that it looks as if the old Charley is starting to come out again, he sends a pair of hit men after her to see to it that she doesn't remember anything else; soon Samantha and Mitch are on the run, trying to outdistance the killers as they get to the bottom of Charley's secret life. The Long Kiss Goodnight was directed by Renny Harlin, husband of leading lady Geena Davis; this was their second project together, following Cutthroat Island, released the previous year. --- Mark Deming

Certainly a vast improvement over the legendary debacle of Cutthroat Island (1995), the previous collaboration of the then husband-and-wife team of director Renny Harlin and star Geena Davis, this overblown action thriller starts out very strong but fails to pay off in a satisfying conclusion. Acting really isn't the hallmark of the action genre, so suffice it to say that the cast is what is required of a fast-paced pulp tale littered with corpses and explosions: They grunt, grimace and grit their teeth with appropriate determination when firing a weapon or jumping from great heights. It's the script by Shane Black that makes or breaks a film such as this, so it's a pleasant surprise that The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) starts off with an inventive high concept twist, developing a character nicely. Sadly, it then morphs somewhere in the second act into a routine series of percussive beats and a predictable government espionage/conspiracy/paranoia tale. If their project had delved into the issues of identity as thoughtfully as those action epics based on the works of novelist Philip K. Dick, the filmmakers might truly have had something not only viscerally exciting but intellectually fresh and stimulating on their hands. --- Karl Williams

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Cast for The Long Kiss Goodnight

Geena Davis - Samantha Caine (Charly)
Samuel L. Jackson - Mitch Henessey
Patrick Malahide - Perkins
Craig Bierko - Timothy
Brian Cox - Nathan
David Morse - Luke/Daedalus
Alan North - Earl
G.D. Spradlin - President
Yvonne Zima - Caitlin
Tom Amandes - Hal
Joe McKenna - One-Eyed Jack
Melina Kanakaredes - Trin

Crew for The Long Kiss Goodnight

Stephanie Austin - Producer
Renny Harlin - Producer / Director
Shane Black - Screenwriter / Producer
William C. Goldenberg - Editor
Howard Cummings - Production Designer
Steve Arnold - Art Director
Dennis Davenport - Art Director
Carla Fry - Co-producer
Michael De Luca - Executive Producer
Richard Saperstein - Executive Producer
Steve Tisch - Executive Producer
Bonnie Greenberg - Musical Direction/Supervision
Alan Silvestri - Songwriter
Tom Doherty - Set Designer
Michael Taylor - Set Designer
Michael Kaplan - Costume Designer
Jeffrey A. Okun - Special Effects
Bruce G. Moriarty - First Assistant Director
Steve M. Davidson - Coordinator
Guillermo Navarro - Camera Operator
Douglas Ganton - Sound/Sound Designer
Mary Vernieu - Casting
Ronnie Yeskel - Casting

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