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  2. Powered by JustWatch. "Dead Again" is like "Ghost" for people who grew up on movies that were not afraid of grand gestures. This is a romance with all the stops out, a story about intrigue, deception and bloody murder - and about how the secrets of the present are unraveled through a hypnotic trance that reveals the secrets of the past.

  3. Summaries. A woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.

  4. Dead Again (1991) Movie Info Synopsis When a mute woman suffering from amnesia (Emma Thompson) arrives at the gates of an old orphanage, private investigator Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh)...

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    Commentator: Kenneth Branagh (director, actor) 1.“We wanted to set up the atmosphere of this film immediately,” he says which is why it opens with a “low grind” of a score during the opening credits before ramping up with those murder headlines. The goal was to set expectations early for an entertaining gothic mystery. 2.One of the newspapers is da...

    “The script had been through a number of directors, let’s put it that way.” “I had fun.” “Robin Williams, very free with improvisation, and I tried feebly to keep up with him.” “Another terrible in-joke coming up I’m afraid, but I couldn’t resist it.” “Used to love doing these scissor shots.” “He’s a baddie, you see.” “This is a good moment in a mo...

    Dead Againremains a terrifically fun thriller that takes big swings in its story and style, and if you can get onboard its wavelength there’s much entertainment to be found. Branagh’s commentary sees him honest about his shortcomings as a green director, but it also highlights the thought and effort that went into the production. It’s a good listen...

  5. Aug 23, 1991 · How many times can you die for love? Overview. In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder. Kenneth Branagh. Director. Scott Frank. Writer.

  6. Dead Again ( 1991) Plot summary. ★★☆☆☆. (2 votes) Add something. More info. Mistakes. Quotes. Trivia. Corrections. Ending. Plot. More. Kenneth Branaugh plays a present-day journalist who ends up caring for a mute amnesiac played by Emma Thompson. They visit an antique dealer who can hypnotize people, and, through hypnosis, she is able to speak.

  7. Dead Again is a tale of parallel stories in different time frames. The first, which transpires in post-World War II Los Angeles and is presented entirely through black-and-white flashbacks, relates the tragic romance of Roman and Margaret Strauss (Branagh and his then-wife, Emma Thompson).

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