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Waking the Dead

Play trailer Poster for Waking the Dead R,  2000,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Stream Now Watchlist 51% 55 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
51% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 78% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) has long been on the road to political candidacy. After the Coast Guard, he enrolls in law school and meets firebrand activist Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly). Taken by her passion and beauty, Fielding pursues her. But their romance is cut short when she is killed doing aid work in Chile. Nearly a decade later, Fielding is closer than ever to his political dreams, but he is haunted by visions, and by a growing feeling that Sarah is alive.
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Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle Jul 21, 2005
A-
You can embrace this movie's message, which has less to do with political agendas than basic human decency and the enduring power of love. And if that's not enough to make a film worthwhile, we don't know what is. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times May 20, 2003
Painfully earnest. Go to Full Review
Rick Groen Globe and Mail Apr 25, 2003
2/4
Waking the Dead may put you to sleep. Go to Full Review
Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs Aug 23, 2010
3/4
Crudup and Connelly outperform the material. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Dec 6, 2005
D
Waking the Dead is D.O.A., and none of its manifest good intentions are capable of resuscitating it. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Sep 27, 2005
2/5
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Keith Gordon

Director

Billy Crudup

Fielding Pierce

Jennifer Connelly

Sarah Williams

Molly Parker

Juliet Beck

Janet McTeer

Caroline Pierce

Paul Hipp

Danny Pierce

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Waking the Dead

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Synopsis Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) has long been on the road to political candidacy. After the Coast Guard, he enrolls in law school and meets firebrand activist Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly). Taken by her passion and beauty, Fielding pursues her. But their romance is cut short when she is killed doing aid work in Chile. Nearly a decade later, Fielding is closer than ever to his political dreams, but he is haunted by visions, and by a growing feeling that Sarah is alive.
Director
Keith Gordon
Producer
Keith Gordon, Stuart Kleinman, Linda Reisman
Screenwriter
Robert Dillon, Keith Gordon, Scott Spencer
Distributor
USA Films
Production Co
Egg Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures
Rating
R (Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 24, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$327.4K
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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