Flatliners

This article is about the 1990 film. For the 2017 remake, see Flatliners (2017 film). For other uses, see Flatliner.
Flatliners
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed byJoel Schumacher
Written byPeter Filardi
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJan de Bont
Edited byRobert Brown
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
company
Stonebridge Entertainment[1]
Distributed byColumbia Pictures[1]
Release date
  • August 10, 1990 (1990-08-10) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$26 million[2]
Box office$61.5 million[3]

Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber, and written by Peter Filardi. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University Chicago between October 1989 and January 1990,[4] and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 (Charles L. Campbell and Richard C. Franklin). The film was theatrically released on August 10, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It grossed $61 million at the box office.

A follow-up film directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev was released in September 2017, also featuring Sutherland in a starring role.[a]

  1. ^ a b "Flatliners". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Flatliners (1990)". The Numbers. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BOM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Flatliners - Sony Movie Channel". www.sonymoviechannel.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  5. ^ Lee, Ann (27 July 2016). "Kiefer Sutherland reveals who he's playing in the Flatliners reboot". Metro. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. ^ Oplev, Niels Arden (28 September 2016). "There's A Flatliners Deleted Scene That Connects The New Movie To The Original". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 28 September 2017.


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