Definitely in my “Top 20”.
Love, love this movie, love the soundtrack and know both by heart.
The Long Kiss
Goodnight was released in 1996 but I didn’t become acquainted with it until
it was running on cable in Tulsa, OK in 1998.
I kept seeing the listing but wasn’t too impressed with the description but
one night there was nothing else on so like, I had to watch it. It started out pretty good was keeping my
interest and then the action started and I was like “Damn, wish I would have
watched this movie sooner”.
The Long Kiss
Goodnight stars Geena Davis and co-stars an actor I will watch anything he
is in, Mr. Samuel L. Jackson. The
supporting cast includes character actor Brian Cox, David Morse (one of my
favorite roles for him), Craig Bierko (don’t understand why he didn’t do more
work), G.D. Spradlin and in a few memorable scenes, Melina Kanakaredes in one
of her first roles. Written by Shane
Black, directed by Renny Harlin (married to Geena Davis at the time) and filmed
in various locations around Ontario, Canada.
Both Harlin and Jackson have said in interviews that The Long Kiss Goodnight was their
favorite movie to work on.
The Long Kiss
Goodnight is implausible and action packed and nothing is better than the snappy,
witty repertoire and chemistry between Davis and Jackson. No other way to say it other than Geena Davis
is a bad ass in this movie. Even though
their previous film together, Cutthroat
Island, was one of the biggest Hollywood flops of all time, director Renny
Harlin and Davis make delicious movie magic for me in The Long Kiss Goodnight. The
scenes in the train station are some of my favorite action sequences ever.
Schoolteacher Samantha Caine (Davis) leads an idyllic life
in Honesdale, Pennsylvania until she is injured in a car crash and begins to
have flashbacks of a life before the one she has. For eight years, she has suffered from
amnesia but as time passed, the frustration of only being able to remember 8
years of her life seemed to fade until the accident. Mitch Hennessey (Jackson), a low rent private
investigator, stumbles up on evidence that will lead him and Caine on an action
packed adventure to solve the mystery of Charly Baltimore.
I love music and it is an integral part of why sometimes I
might like one movie more than another and in this case, this is one of those
movies. This soundtrack is definitely in
my iTunes rotation.
Woman - Neneh Cherry
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Bring It On Home - Otis
Redding & Carla Thomas
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Stubborn Kind Of Fellow -
Marvin Gaye
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F.N.T. - Semisonic
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Keep This Party Bouncin'
- L.a. Ganz
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Funny How Time Slips Away
- Joe Hinton
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Tomorrow Man - Gus
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She's Not There - Santana
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Next Time You See Me -
Jr. Parker
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Mannish Boy - Muddy
Waters
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Many Rivers To Cross -
The Tom Tom Club
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The Chair - Jars Of Clay
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Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
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If you want to set logic aside and open your mind, maybe you
too can escape away on a movie magic carpet ride with The Long Kiss Goodnight.
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