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Dead Awake (2001 film)

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With a generic title and low-level American star, this could easily be dismissed as another bland straight-to-video thriller... it's a surprisingly eccentric, comic thriller, that plays around with chronology and expectations. A little confusing at times, as it rushes through some explanations, but
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definitely worth a look. Lots of quirky characters and decent performances -- particularly Grenon and Ironside (both in slightly smaller parts than their billing would suggest) who give delightfully atypical performances as inhabitants of an all-night diner the hero frequents. That's
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shots, giving the film "an unusual and edgy look." Grenier elaborated: "The whole movie is like a maze. You know there's an exit but it seems unreachable and everything just keeps getting weirder and weirder."
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one of the better Canadian thrillers of the early 2000s because of its interesting characters, and one of Stephen Baldwin's best films, because "it incorporates his morose acting style into the script."
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house Buzz Image Group, was officially launched in 1999 with a view to develop English and French-track feature films, television series, and dramatic
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journeys, Caine witnesses a brutal murder. He finds the victim's watch and goes to the police. Returning to the scene, there is no sign of the crime.
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assigns the film 3 stars, praising the unconventional performances and imaginative story. Johnny Betts was "surprised" to find that
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Locomotion Films, part of the Montreal Exponent Group, comprising commercial houses La Fabrique d'Images and S.W.A.T Films, and
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was released on VHS (Millennium) and DVD (First Look Home Entertainment) in 2002.
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where he encounters some unusual characters: a nice, if bit lost, young woman (
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made for television, directed by co-producer Marc S. Grenier and starring
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in the United States and by Martien Holding internationally.
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This article is about the 2001 film. For the 2010 film, see
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was described as "a thriller with a dark twist of comedy".
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Index

Dead Awake

Avi Lerner
Stephen Baldwin
Macha Grenon
Michael Ironside
Yvann Thibaudeau
E.P. Bergen
Nu Image Films
Lions Gate Films
Millennium Pictures
C$
dark comedy
thriller film
Stephen Baldwin
Macha Grenon
Michael Ironside

Stephen Baldwin
Stephen Baldwin
insomnia
deli
Macha Grenon
homeless
Michael Ironside
anti-social
hallucinogenic
Maxim Roy
Janet Kidder
exploits

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