Flatliners Page #5

Synopsis: Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to intensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Joel Schumacher
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
1990
115 min
2,954 Views


- What did Nelson do to that kid?

How the hell am I supposed to know?

It's important

we keep each other informed.

I'm sorry. You guys take off.

I'll stay with her.

- You okay?

- I'm fine. I'm sorry.

We're gonna get you, Billy Mahoney!

I'm sorry!

Stop, Nelson!

- How you doing?

- I'm late. I'll see you later.

Wait a minute.

Where are you going?

I have to talk to her.

I've got to stop her.

Talk to who?

Good morning, Rachel.

I wanted to tell her

the voices were wrong.

There's nothing beautiful

out there.

Losing them is part of our work.

But I was wrong.

Crybaby, cry!

You look like

you're enjoying the day.

Yeah, right.

Don't you remember me, Joe?

Yes, of course.

Are you a model?

- You could be.

- I've got to go.

I'm not picking you up.

I just picked you out.

- Mind if I buy you a drink?

- No, thanks.

- I'll call about being my study partner.

- Fine. I'm in the book.

Hey, gorgeous.

- How are you?

- What are you doing?

Some crazy girl...

I know you, don't I?

Would you like to?

We don't have to do anything.

We can just lie together.

Hold each other in our underwear.

I'll call you.

I promise.

I'm tired of playing the field.

We can stop whenever you want.

It'll only make

our relationship better.

I've never felt like this before.

I'm tired of playing the field.

- Of course I respect you.

- You can stop whenever you want.

I need you to show me

that you love me.

You're not real!

Anne, is that you?

Is that really you?

You sounded so upset on the phone.

I was worried.

I took the bus down.

What a great surprise!

How long have you been here?

Long enough to see your tapes.

Oh, my God!

You know...

you'll think I'm leaving you

because you slept with those girls.

It was a stupid game.

They meant nothing to me.

I wish they had meant something,

because if you were honest...

if you had cared for any of them,

I could have fought that.

I loved you. But to film all those girls

without them knowing it.

To have so little respect.

Those women trusted you.

What kind of marriage can we have

when you have no understanding of trust?

Please!

- It's not what you think.

- Yes, it is.

Hello. Is this Mrs. Earl R. Hicks?

This is a strange question.

Do you have a daughter Winnie, about 26?

You do? Great!

My name is David Labraccio.

I was in school with Winnie.

We went to S.B. Butler together.

My parents still live there.

Fine.

I wanted to get in touch with her.

I was wondering...

Right.

Okay. And do you have

an address for her?

Great. Thank you, Mrs. Hicks.

I appreciate it. Bye.

Jesus!

Looks as bad as it feels, huh?

Want me to take a look?

I just want to know

how Rachel was doing.

She didn't come out of the bathroom

with the answers to life and death.

I gotta go.

- Where are you going?

- Bensenville.

- Could I go?

- It's a two-hour drive.

Look...

I don't want to be alone.

Today we are going to remove

the left kidney...

and dissect the lower intestines.

Remove the ascending colon

from the transverse colon.

Proceed to the sigmoid colon

and on to the appendix.

Remove the appendix,

taking note of the blood supply.

Where the hell

do you think you're going?

You okay?

I would be if everyone would

stop asking me if I'm all right.

Are you crazy?

Is she getting the heebie-jeebies?

I'm spooking.

Getting us kicked out of med school

won't get Anne back. Get to work.

I'll handle this.

Back to work or suffer the consequences.

F*** it.

- This must be it.

- Looks like Winnie did well for herself.

She's probably not going to remember

who you are.

It's worth a shot.

You coming?

Listen, if anything happens...

if you need me,

just honk the horn.

Ring, ring, ring.

- Dave, you should've sent a letter.

- Hello!

Anybody home?

Is your mother at home?

Coming.

Go in the house, baby.

Yes? Can I help you?

Yeah. I think you can.

You're Winnie Hicks, aren't you?

- From Clairemont?

- Yes.

I'm David Labraccio.

- We went to S.B. Butler together.

- Really?

I was a little smaller then.

I drove from the city.

That's my truck.

Hello. I'm nice.

He's nice.

We're both f***ing lunatics.

Can I come in, please?

Thanks a lot.

I've got to hand it to you.

You've got guts.

This is great!

It's beautiful.

Looks like you've done well

for yourself.

It isn't medical school.

But I never liked school, anyway.

Wasn't very good at it.

I'm surprised you remember me.

I do remember you.

I also remember the way

we treated you back then.

You were shy, and I was a real jerk,

and I'm sorry.

I wanted to say I'm sorry.

What are you talking about?

That was so long ago.

I don't remember what you could've done.

Let's not dredge up all that stuff.

Sherry, go in the house.

However we made you feel,

it was wrong.

I mean, we were wrong.

Go on.

I have a family now.

I haven't been that ugly little girl

in quite some time.

You were never ugly.

Why did you come here?

David, help!

It was just kids.

I know how kids are.

It didn't mean anything.

Listen, I didn't mean to come here...

Winnie, are you all right?

I'm fine, Ben.

Everything's okay.

I'm sorry if I made you feel bad.

I didn't want to hurt you again.

I'm going to go.

Thank you.

Are you sure?

Thanks.

Sh*t!

Help!

Help!

Nelson, stop it!

Nelson, stop, stop!

- Stop it!

- Where's Billy Mahoney? Where is he?

There is no Billy.

It's just the two of us.

We're all alone.

Let it go.

Where the hell have you guys been?

- She freaked. We stayed with her.

- How you doing?

I'm fine.

Fine for somebody who keeps running into

her father who's been dead for 20 years.

Death is beautiful?

What a bunch of crap.

How you doing, Nelson?

You okay?

'Cause I'd like to thank you

for the nightmare.

Hey, you guys were all so eager

to jump on my coattails.

Well, welcome aboard.

You withheld information.

That's lying.

Oh. I'm sorry you're so upset.

You think you're the only one

who risked something?

I always felt there was something

unnatural about this.

- You didn't risk a goddamn thing!

- Screw yourself!

This is not going to help.

We're in this together.

No, we're not.

- Wait.

- Isn't she strong? So independent.

When I get into trouble,

I don't drag everybody down with me.

Drag everybody? Come on!

What happened to you? You got caught

with your videotapes down?

And you swore at a little girl

on a playground. Oh!

And now you're having bad dreams

about your daddy. I'm really sorry.

You don't know anything about me.

You never have.

But Dave does, doesn't he?

Come on, they're your sins!

Live with them.

I do.

Do you want to see death?

Take a good look.

It is beautiful.

You've already hurt yourself.

You want to hurt her, too?

Do you?

Help him find Billy Mahoney.

- How will that help?

- Goddamn it! Just help him find Billy.

Don't leave him alone.

Why do we want to find Billy Mahoney?

Because...

young Dr. Dave thinks he's solved

our karmic problems.

Atonement, gentlemen.

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