Flatliners

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 that attempt to find out what lies beyond death and they conduct clandestine experiments that produce neardeath experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University Chicago between October 1989 and January 1990, 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.

At Rachels insistence, the group agrees to let her flatline next. Dave, disturbed by his hallucinations, has a change of heart and tries to stop the others from giving Rachel their same fate, but she has already flatlined by the time he arrives. They are almost unable to bring Rachel back to life after the power goes out, as the men cannot shock her with the defibrillator paddles. Luckily they manage to resuscitate her, but she, too, begins experiencing haunting flashbacks in her case, memories of her father, a Vietnam War veteran, committing suicide when she was a young girl. One by one, the other men open up about their harrowing experiences to one another, and Dave decides to put his visions to a stop. He tracks down a nowgrownup Winnie Hicks Kimberly Scott, travels to her home, and offers an apology. Winnie thanks him, and accepts his apology. Dave immediately feels a weight lifted off his shoulders. Nelson, who has accompanied Dave on the trip, remains alone in Daves truck and catches a glimpse of Billy Mahoney darting past outside. Suddenly Billy appears inside the truck and attacks him with a pickaxe. Nelson struggles to fend him off and Dave arrives on the scene just in time to end the hallucination and prevent serious injury to Nelson, revealing that Nelson was alone in the truck and that he was attacking himself with the pickaxe. Meanwhile, Joes fiance Anne Hope Davis unexpectedly comes to his apartment, and she breaks off their engagement after discovering his videos. Joes visions cease after Anne leaves him. Rachel seeks comfort in the arms of Dave, and the two spend the night together in bed. While Rachel and Dave are together, Nelson brings Steckle and Joe to the grave site of Billy Mahoney. He reveals a longkept secret he and his friends accidentally killed Billy and his dog, as youngsters when they chased Billy up a tree and pelted him with rocks, causing a branch to fall and break, crushing the dog, and causing Billy to fall to his death. Nelson mu

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