Desperate Hours
1990
Reviewed in Issue 75 (Aug 2003) of Widescreen Review
| Studio | MGM Home Entertainment |
| Catalog Number | 1003348 |
| MPAA Rating | R |
| Rating Reason | NA |
| Retail Price | $14.95 |
| DVD Type | Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9) |
| Running Time | 105 |
| Release Date | 04/16/02 |
| Theatrical Year | 1990 |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Director | Michael Cimino |
| Screenplay | Subscribers only |
| Story | Subscribers only |
| Music | Subscribers only |
| Cinematography | Subscribers only |
| Stars | Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch & Elias Koteas |
| Aspect Ratio | Subscribers only |
| Measured Ratio | Subscribers only |
| DVD Soundtrack | Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Subtitles | Subscribers only |
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Subscribe FreeAfter escaping from prison with the help of his attorney Nancy Breyers (Lynch), Michael Bosworth (Rourke) holds a family captive in their own home while he waits for Ms. Breyers to join him. Tim Cornell (Hopkins) and his wife Nora (Rogers) are a wealthy, unhappily married couple who, with their two children, live in the mansion that Bosworth has holed up in. Forced to endure Desperate Hours with the maniac who is holding them hostage, their love for each other is tested all the way up until the bloody end. Based on the novel and Broadway play by Joseph Hayes, and previously filmed in 1955. (Tricia Littrell)
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