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Overview

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Director:
Michael Apted
Writers (WGA):
Michael Palmer (book)
Tony Gilroy (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 September 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
Not all surgery is intended to cure. Don't move a muscle.
Plot:
Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts... more | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
Afternoon Fix: Amy Winehouse's Booze Ban Calls for Extreme Measures
 (From E! Online. 14 January 2009, 3:57 PM, PST)

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 (From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 7:57 PM, PST)

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A thrilling movie that puts you in a moral dilemma more (65 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Hugh Grant ... Dr. Guy Luthan

Gene Hackman ... Dr. Lawrence Myrick

Sarah Jessica Parker ... Jodie Trammel

David Morse ... FBI Agent Frank Hare

Bill Nunn ... Det. Bob Burke

John Toles-Bey ... Bobby
Paul Guilfoyle ... Dr. Jeffrey Manko
Debra Monk ... Dr. Judith Gruszynski
Shaun Austin-Olsen ... Claude Minkins
André De Shields ... Teddy Dolson

J.K. Simmons ... Dr. Mingus

Peter Appel ... Det. Stone
Diana Zimmer ... Helen
Nancy Beatty ... Ruth Myrick

Gerry Becker ... Dr. Gene Spitelli
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language, some nudity and graphic ER activity.
Runtime:
118 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
Marked the first production of partners Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley's short-lived "Simian Films." more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Arriving in The Room Dr. Luthan's lips clearly moves, but the words "...if someone's there listening" can be heard seconds later. more
Quotes:
Jodie Trammel: You made a moral choice and not a medical one. I guess I'm kind of surprised, that's all.
Dr. Guy Luthan: On my right I see a cop with pictures of his kids in his wallet, and on my left some guy who's taken out a gun on a city bus! I had ten seconds to make a choice. I hope I made the right one.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Nanny: The Rosie Show (#4.4)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
ON MY MIND more

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A thrilling movie that puts you in a moral dilemma, 30 October 1999
Author: Martin Dyhr Jørgensen from Nykøbing Falster

A movie starring Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman and David Morse is a "must-see" for me. Extreme Measures is a thriller, and it does its job well - it is thrilling. On top of that the director managed to put me in a moral dilemma. There was a point in the movie, where I could not decide whether "the bad guy" really was such a bad guy. I think that this sounds very confusing, but watch the movie and decide for yourself. "The bad guy's" motives aren't bad at all, it is just the way he does it! A thrilling, although a bit slow movie at times. I voted 7/10.

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