Past Midnight

Past Midnight is a 1991 Neo-noir thriller film (with slasher connections) starring Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson, as well as co-stars Tom Wright, Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti (making his first credited screen appearance).

Past Midnight
Video release poster
Directed byJan Eliasberg
Produced byLisa M. Hansen
Catalaine Knell
Nancy Rae Stone
Quentin Tarantino
Written byFrank Norwood
Quentin Tarantino (uncredited)
StarringRutger Hauer
Natasha Richardson
Clancy Brown
Tom Wright
Paul Giamatti
Guy Boyd
Music bySteve Bartek
CinematographyRobert D. Yeoman
Edited byChristopher Rouse
Production
company
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Cineplex Odeon Films
Columbia TriStar
Release date
  • October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Parolee Ben Jordan has spent the past fifteen years behind bars for his pregnant wife's murder. He is monitored by his parole officer Lee Samuels and social worker Laura Mathews after he is released. Mathews begins looking into his case and becomes convinced that he was convicted under circumstantial evidence and starts becoming convinced of his innocence in the crime. Before long she starts falling for him, but this is far from wise, since even if he is innocent, Mrs. Jordan's real murderer may soon come a calling.

Cast
Actor / Actress Character
Rutger Hauer Ben Jordan
Natasha Richardson[1] Laura Mathews
Paul Giamatti Larry Canipe
Clancy Brown Steve Lundy
Tom Wright Lee Samuels
Guy Boyd Todd Canipe
Charles Boswell Carlton Daniels
Ernie Lively Detective Allan Tobias
Kibibi Monie Dorothy Coleman
Dana Eskelson Kathy Tudor
Ted D'Arms Bill Tudor
Krisha Fairchild Dr. Zastoupil
Sarah Magnuson Gerrie Graymark
David Frederick White (as Dave White) Cop
Brian Finney (as Brian T. Finney) Delivery Man
Sue Morales (uncredited) Social Worker

Production

After Quentin Tarantino significantly re-wrote the script, Catalaine Knell shared her associate producer credit with him on the film, his first official screen credit.[2]

Release

Originally intended for a theatrical release, the film aired on the USA Network on December 16, 1992. Before, the film was shown at the American Film Market and at the Vancouver International Film Festival in October of the previous year. The movie was released on videocassette and laserdisc on April 21, 1993 by Columbia TriStar Home Video, and was released on DVD by the same company on August 17, 2004, in widescreen.

References
  1. "Past Midnight | e.tv". ekasiplus.etv.co.za. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  2. Tasker, Yvonne (2002). Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers. Routledge. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-134-65664-6.
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