Themes: Haunted By the Past, Psychic Abilities, Miscarriage of Justice
Main Cast: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald, Kim Cattrall
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 116 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Iconoclastic director John Dahl used a screenplay by John Geddie as the basis for this far-fetched story of a man -- suspected of killing his wife -- who borrows murder victims' memories to track the real culprit. Ray Liotta plays Dr. David Krane, a Seattle medical examiner charged with murdering his wife Cara (Caroline Elliot). Charges are dropped because a police officer mishandled evidence. Krane has recovered from alcoholism and is obsessed with proving his innocence. While investigating a store shooting, he discovers clues that convince him that the murderer also killed his wife. Krane attends a lecture by researcher Dr. Martha Briggs (Linda Fiorentino), who is studying a technique to transfer memory that involves injecting rats with the spinal fluid of other rats combined with a serum that she has perfected. Krane steals the serum, breaks into a police evidence room and steals his wife's spinal fluid, and injects himself, even though Briggs has warned that the technique may lead to heart attacks in humans. It's not until Krane has injected himself with the fluid of the store shooting victims that he gets a clear picture of the presumed killer, Eddie Dutton (Kim Coates). ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Kim Coates - Eddie Dutton; Duncan Fraser - Michael Stratton; Suzy Joachim - Sheila Wills; David Paymer - Curtis Avery; Garwin Sanford - Joseph Hodner; William B. Davis - Doctor; Caroline Elliott - Cara Krane; Cheryl Wilson - Nancy; Colleen Rennison - Lindy Krane
Credit
Doug Byggdin - Art Director, Carol Lewis - Casting, Terry Dresbach - Costume Designer, Glenne Campbell - Costume Designer, Eric Heffron - First Assistant Director, John Dahl - Director, Eric L. Beason - Editor, Scott Chestnut - Editor, Andrew Lazar - Executive Producer, William Teitler - Executive Producer, Rick Dahl - Executive Producer, Lucio Trentini - Line Producer, Christopher Young - Composer (Music Score), Robert Pearson - Production Designer, Jeffrey Jur - Cinematographer, Dino de Laurentiis - Producer, Martha de Laurentiis - Producer, Eric Batut - Sound/Sound Designer, Scott Ateah - Stunts, Bill Stewart - Stunts, Garvin Cross - Stunts, Bill Geddie - Screenwriter
Unforgettable is a 1996 thriller with sci-fi elements, directed by John Dahl and starring Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino. The movie is about a man named David Krane (Liotta), who is obsessed with finding out who murdered his wife.
The movie is John Dahl's follow up to his critically acclaimed film, The Last Seduction. Unforgettable, however was a box office failure, only earning about $3,000,000 in the U.S.
In Unforgettable, Dr. David Krane (Ray Liotta) is unsuccessfully framed for the murder of his wife. He then attempts to find the true killer, with the help of Dr. Martha Briggs (Linda Fiorentino), by using an experimental drug that allows him to experience another person's memories. The drug takes a heavy toll and it's a race to find out the truth before time runs out.
