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D.O.A. DOA 1988 Rare LaserDisc Quaid Ryan Thriller

24 Hours to Find Killer Before Poison Kills him...

D.O.A. DOA 1988 Rare LaserDisc Quaid Ryan Thriller

24 Hours to Find Killer Before Poison Kills him...

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24 Hours to Find Killer Before Poison Kills him...

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Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan in...

D.O.A.

( Catalog Number 698AS )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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D.O.A.
1988 - 98 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"They didn't kill me; I was dead already," is the statement uttered by Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid), an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin who has been poisoned by a slow-acting toxin and who has twenty-four hours to track down his killers before he ceases to exist. Remade from the 1949 Rudolph Mate thriller by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, the co-directors jazz up the old luridness with slap-up doggishness that boosts the intensity-level higher than it deserves to go. Cornell is a burned-out novelist trying to hold on to tenure at the university while seeing his marriage collapse around him. As if that weren't enough, he is receiving amorous come-ons from smart, young student Sydney Fuller (Meg Ryan) and being badgered by another student, Nick Lang (Robert Knepper), to read his brilliant first novel. Not long after Dex demurs to Nick to read his novel, Nick is killed in a fall. Only then does Dex find out that Nick has been having an affair with his wife. Things keep going from bad to worse when, after an all-night drinking binge, Dex discovers that he has been slipped a poison that will kill him within 24 hours. Teaming up with the adoring Sydney, Dex tries to track down the person who poisoned him while dodging the cops, since he happens to be a prime murder suspect. --- Paul Brenner A mystery-thriller that unites Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan for the second time onscreen, this co-directorial effort from Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton is a visual tour de force that is significantly damaged by an oafish script that makes obvious use of the red herring device several too many times. While attempting to lead the viewer down the wrong narrative path is a staple of the noir genre, this remake of a 1950 potboiler is lead-footed in its employment of the device, quickly wearing patience thin. It doesn't help either that the tale bogs down too frequently in the muddy politics of academia, not exactly the most scintillating of dramatic backdrops for a walking dead man to explore in his quest for justice. Still, leads and real-life couple Quaid and Ryan display plenty of genuine chemistry, and their British co-directors mount an impressive succession of sequences that dazzle with technical wizardry. Too bad it's all in the employ of a story that's not told with much skill or acumen. D.O.A. is a fun, snappy B-movie with potential that goes too much to waste. --- Karl Williams

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Cast for D.O.A.

Dennis Quaid - Dexter Cornell
Meg Ryan - Syndey Fuller
Charlotte Rampling - Mrs. Fitzwaring
Daniel Stern - Hal Petersham
Jane Kaczmarek - Gail Cornell
Christopher Neame - Bernard
Robin Johnson - Cookie Fitzwaring
Rob Knepper - Nicholas Lang
Jay Patterson - Graham Corey
Brion James - Detective Ulmer
Jack Kehoe - Detective Brockton
Elizabeth Arlen - Elaine Wells
Karen Radcliffe - Jane Corey
William Forward - Chief Resident
Lee Gideon - Mr. Fitzwaring
Bill Bolender - Nick Lang Sr.
Hillary Hoffman - Corey's Daughter
John Hawkes - Sloane
Matt Thompson - Frat Jock #2
Timbuk 3
Brent Anderson - Metcalf
Marco Perella - Cab Driver
Michael Costello - College President
Gabriel Folse - Frat Jock #1

Crew for D.O.A.

Ian Sander - Producer / Co-producer
Ronnie Spector - Makeup
Cathleen Summers - Co-producer
Russell Rouse - Story Author
Charles E. Pogue - Screenwriter / Screen Story
Yuri Neyman - Cinematographer
Louis D'Esposito - First Assistant Director
Nancy Cone - Costume Designer
Laura Ziskin - Producer / Co-producer
Thomas Brandau - Sound/Sound Designer
Nancy Foy - Casting
Michael O'Sullivan - Set Designer
Stefan Czapsky - Cinematographer
DuArt Black and White - Cinematographer
Raja Gosnell - Editor
Jack Bennett, Jr. - Special Effects
Richard Amend - Production Designer
Rocky Morton - Director
Andrew Kuehn - Co-producer
Michael R. Miller - Editor
Clarence Greene - Screenwriter
Chaz Jankel - Composer (Music Score)
Annabel Jankel - Director

Feature Details

Title: D.O.A.
Feature Release Date: 1988
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 98 Minutes
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: 698AS
UPC: 012257698060
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Touchstone Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 698AS
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket with some edge-wear

Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan in...

D.O.A.

( Catalog Number 698AS )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

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D.O.A.
1988 - 98 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
"They didn't kill me; I was dead already," is the statement uttered by Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid), an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin who has been poisoned by a slow-acting toxin and who has twenty-four hours to track down his killers before he ceases to exist. Remade from the 1949 Rudolph Mate thriller by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, the co-directors jazz up the old luridness with slap-up doggishness that boosts the intensity-level higher than it deserves to go. Cornell is a burned-out novelist trying to hold on to tenure at the university while seeing his marriage collapse around him. As if that weren't enough, he is receiving amorous come-ons from smart, young student Sydney Fuller (Meg Ryan) and being badgered by another student, Nick Lang (Robert Knepper), to read his brilliant first novel. Not long after Dex demurs to Nick to read his novel, Nick is killed in a fall. Only then does Dex find out that Nick has been having an affair with his wife. Things keep going from bad to worse when, after an all-night drinking binge, Dex discovers that he has been slipped a poison that will kill him within 24 hours. Teaming up with the adoring Sydney, Dex tries to track down the person who poisoned him while dodging the cops, since he happens to be a prime murder suspect. --- Paul Brenner A mystery-thriller that unites Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan for the second time onscreen, this co-directorial effort from Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton is a visual tour de force that is significantly damaged by an oafish script that makes obvious use of the red herring device several too many times. While attempting to lead the viewer down the wrong narrative path is a staple of the noir genre, this remake of a 1950 potboiler is lead-footed in its employment of the device, quickly wearing patience thin. It doesn't help either that the tale bogs down too frequently in the muddy politics of academia, not exactly the most scintillating of dramatic backdrops for a walking dead man to explore in his quest for justice. Still, leads and real-life couple Quaid and Ryan display plenty of genuine chemistry, and their British co-directors mount an impressive succession of sequences that dazzle with technical wizardry. Too bad it's all in the employ of a story that's not told with much skill or acumen. D.O.A. is a fun, snappy B-movie with potential that goes too much to waste. --- Karl Williams

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Cast for D.O.A.

Dennis Quaid - Dexter Cornell
Meg Ryan - Syndey Fuller
Charlotte Rampling - Mrs. Fitzwaring
Daniel Stern - Hal Petersham
Jane Kaczmarek - Gail Cornell
Christopher Neame - Bernard
Robin Johnson - Cookie Fitzwaring
Rob Knepper - Nicholas Lang
Jay Patterson - Graham Corey
Brion James - Detective Ulmer
Jack Kehoe - Detective Brockton
Elizabeth Arlen - Elaine Wells
Karen Radcliffe - Jane Corey
William Forward - Chief Resident
Lee Gideon - Mr. Fitzwaring
Bill Bolender - Nick Lang Sr.
Hillary Hoffman - Corey's Daughter
John Hawkes - Sloane
Matt Thompson - Frat Jock #2
Timbuk 3
Brent Anderson - Metcalf
Marco Perella - Cab Driver
Michael Costello - College President
Gabriel Folse - Frat Jock #1

Crew for D.O.A.

Ian Sander - Producer / Co-producer
Ronnie Spector - Makeup
Cathleen Summers - Co-producer
Russell Rouse - Story Author
Charles E. Pogue - Screenwriter / Screen Story
Yuri Neyman - Cinematographer
Louis D'Esposito - First Assistant Director
Nancy Cone - Costume Designer
Laura Ziskin - Producer / Co-producer
Thomas Brandau - Sound/Sound Designer
Nancy Foy - Casting
Michael O'Sullivan - Set Designer
Stefan Czapsky - Cinematographer
DuArt Black and White - Cinematographer
Raja Gosnell - Editor
Jack Bennett, Jr. - Special Effects
Richard Amend - Production Designer
Rocky Morton - Director
Andrew Kuehn - Co-producer
Michael R. Miller - Editor
Clarence Greene - Screenwriter
Chaz Jankel - Composer (Music Score)
Annabel Jankel - Director

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