After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- Court Clerk
- (as R.M. Haley)
- Mr. Matthews
- (as Stanley H. Swerdlow)
- Rachel Turner
- (as Mikki Allen)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHarrison Ford nearly turned down the role of Henry because the character was a trial lawyer. He had just played one in Presumed Innocent (1990) and was afraid of being typecast. He took the role when he realized that Henry would only be functioning as a lawyer for the first 10 minutes.
- GoofsWhen Henry's secretary pours his coffee the first time he comes back to the office, she tells him to say "when" and start pouring the milk. It immediately comes to the top but she continues to pour. Next you see a close-up of the cup with her pouring even more in the cup but it's not at the top.
- Quotes
[comforting his daughter on her first day of boarding school]
Henry: One of the things I do remember is my first day at school. There were all these weird-looking kids and I didn't know any of them and they didn't know me. I was scared, but after two days, we were all laughing about how scared we were. Everybody feels like you do, honey. Everybody.
[emboldened, Henry's daughter goes off with the rest of her class]
Sarah Turner: That's sweet, I didn't know you remembered that.
Henry: I don't.
Here he plays Henry, a real legal shark, the stereotypical type, who is shot when he goes into a store to buy cigarettes. He is shot in his frontal lobe, which means he has lost his memory, which includes how to talk, walk, tie his shoes, and remember his wife Sarah (Annette Bening) and daughter (Mikki Allen). It's a long, slow road, but he connects with his therapist, Bradley (Bill Nunn), so much so that when it's time to go home, Henry doesn't want to leave.
We see Henry after his rehab but before he is completely well. In cases like this, while a great deal of his memory may never return, he probably will become a little sharper as time goes on. Here, he speaks slowly without much affect and though he can take in what he reads, it's obvious he won't return to the law. He's changed and realizes that he doesn't like the old self reflected to him in the law firm and in the shallow people who were supposedly his friends. The people around him - the housekeeper, his wife, and even his daughter - like this Henry a lot better. But he learns the past was more complicated than the present.
Let's face it, without Ford, this could have been a movie of the week. With Ford, it's a feel-good story, if predictable. He's wonderful, as is Annette Bening who struggles to get used to the new Henry. They are surrounded by some strong TV and film people.
I admit I have a soft spot in my heart for Ford after transcribing an interview with him while he was making an Indiana Jones film. He and the interviewer were in a coffee shop in some out of the way place, and a man approached them and talked to him. He walked away, and them he came back and asked if Ford signs autographs. "Let me ask you something," Ford says, "when you go to the movies, do you pay for a ticket?" "Yes," the man says. "Then I sign autographs," Ford answers. He's a class act - all the way.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Kendini Arayan Adam
- Filming locations
- New York City, New York, USA(location)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,001,500
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,146,782
- Jul 14, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $43,001,500
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1