Stars: Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker, Janet McTeer, Paul Hipp, Sandra Oh, Hal Holbrook

Director: Keith Gordon

Summary: In 1973 Fielding Pierce goes to law school and promptly falls in love with Sarah, a women who spends her life to helping others. When tragedy strikes Fielding is torn between the past and his political future.

Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) is a promising young congressional candidate who becomes obsessed with the idea that his dead lover, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), is still alive. Because of her involvement with a group called Sanctuary that harbours Chilean dissidents, Sarah is presumably killed in a car bombing. However, Fielding is never completely convinced that she's truly gone and years later begins to see and hear her presence. Filled with revealing flashbacks, the film follows the deeply involved romance of the ambitious Fielding and the idealistic Sarah during the 1970s while also portraying Fielding's struggle to win his congressional bid in the 1980s. As his political campaign progresses, so does his belief that Sarah is still alive, leading him to question his sanity and begin a desperate search to find her. WAKING THE DEAD is an eerily atmospheric drama, awash in chilling shades of black, white, and grey. Director Keith Gordon's use of flashback and non-linear storytelling effectively conveys the deep power of memory and love that transcends traditional conceptions of time. Alternating between the past and the present, Gordon's adaptation of the novel by Scott Spencer is a dreamy, mysterious affair that features supremely convincing lead performances by Crudup and Connelly as well as solid supporting turns by Janet McTeer and Hal Holbrook.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Deleted Scenes, Directors Commentary, Featurette, Theatrical Trailer, Cast And Filmmakers Biographies
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1999
Release Date:	April 4, 2005
Runtime:	101 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	820 115 6
Keywords:	Dead, General, Wide, Screen, Drama, Waking
Genre:	Drama