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Category: Dramas, Action/Adventure, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Serial Killers
Starring: Al Pacino, William Forsythe, Leelee Sobieski, Neal McDonough, Amy Brenneman, Deborah Kara Unger, Alicia Witt, Melinda Clarke
Director: Jon Avnet
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Director of Photography: Denis Lenoir
Executive Producer: Lawrence Bender, Avi Lerner, Dan Dimbort, Trevor Short, John Thompson, George Furla, John Baldecchi, Josef Lautenshlager, Andreas Thiesmeyer
Producer: Jon Avnet, Randall Emmett, Gary Scott Thompson
Screenwriter: Gary Scott Thompson
Release Date: Sep 16, 2008
Rating: R (MPAA)
Rating Reason: for disturbing violent content, brief nudity and language
Running Time: 107 Minutes
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Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, and Benjamin McKenzie star in this heart-pounding thriller. Extras include alternate ending and multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes. This riveting thriller about a forensic psychologist racing to prevent his own murder.
In 88 MINUTES, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based college professor and forensic psychiatrist, is informed by an enigmatic caller that he has exactly that amount of time to live. The threat is linked to Gramm's role in putting a convicted serial killer (Neal McDonough) behind bars nearly a decade earlier, and sends the scholar/consultant on a desperate run to avert his imminent demise. Entering into Gramm's dangerous orbit are his dutiful assistant (Amy Brenneman), an FBI agent (William Forsythe), and his admiring young students (most notably Alicia Witt), all of whom add layers to the tense mystery. Shelved for years, 88 MINUTES was finally released in U.S. theaters during 2008, marking director Jon Avnet's first feature-film project since 1997's RED CORNER. (Avnet was brought in as a replacement for original helmer James Foley.) Pacino clearly knows his way around a thriller (see HEAT and INSOMNIA), and approaches his beleaguered character with typical gusto, while his costars, particularly Forsythe and Witt, also offer up energetic turns. Though the high-concept plot is secondary to Pacino's agitated performance, even those who drift from the storyline will appreciate the Hollywood veteran's over-the-top acting, especially if they are diehard fans of the iconic actor.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUCd805JDJk
