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Rear Window (1998)
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
5.6
42%Runtime89 min
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Jason Kemp, a recently paralyzed architect, lives in a high-tech apartment filled with assistive technology. As a quadriplegic confined to his home, he passes the long hours by spying on his neighbors from his apartment window. His innocent pastime takes a deadly turn when he believes he witnesses a murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Jason continues to dig deeper - eventually finding himself locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Rear Window (1998), directed by Jeff Bleckner, received a mixed reception from critics and audiences. The film has a 5.6/10 rating on IMDb and a 42% score on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating a somewhat divisive response. There is no information provided about any significant awards recognition for this film.
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Directed by Jeff Bleckner, this 1998 thriller Rear Window offers a unique perspective on the voyeuristic nature of human curiosity. With Christopher Reeve's compelling performance as a paralyzed architect confined to his apartment, the film blends gripping suspense with thoughtful exploration of privacy, personal agency, and the line between observation and intervention.
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Rear Window is a 1998 American made-for-television crime-drama thriller film directed by Jeff Bleckner. The teleplay by Larry Gross and Eric Overmyer is an updated adaptation of the classic 1954 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock which was based on the short story It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich. It was broadcast in the United States by ABC on November 22, 1998. It stars Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, and Robert Forster. For his performance, Reeve was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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