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LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE

Air Date/Released Friday, October 11, 1996
Station/Studio New Line Cinema

An amnesia-stricken woman has built a new life in a small, countryside town as a school teacher. A single mother who was pregnant when found several years earlier with no memories of her life, she's engaged to a devoted, loving fiancee. A car accident triggers a series of memory flashes, and a murder attempt begins to make her realize that she once was an assassin for the CIA. Joining forces with the P.I. who once tried to help her find her past, she sets out to follow clues to her prior life. What she is led to is a group of treasonous CIA agents planning a huge terrorist attack on U.S. civilians. And they will go to any lengths to stop her from interfering.

In one scene, a doctor (and former CIA operative) and his mother are seen watching DISORDER IN THE COURT (1936) on television.



The Stooges' scene is only seconds long, but its use in the film led to some interesting litigation. In 1997, C3 sued New Line Cinema for trademark infringement, claiming that the few seconds of public domain infringed on C3's marketing rights, and was unfair and damaging to their trademark's value. C3 lost the case, but appealed; the appeal was decided in 2000... and again, C3 lost. The appeal decision made perfectly clear that C3 failed to make a tangible case, had no relevant precedents to support its position, and the judges barely stopped short of criticizing C3 for its lawsuit.

Cast: Geena Davis (Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore), Samuel L. Jackson (Mitch Henessey), Yvonne Zima (Caitlin Caine), Craig Bierko (Timothy), Tom Amandes (Hal), Brian Cox (Dr. Nathan Waldman), G. D. Spradlin (The President of The United States), Patrick Malahide (Leland Perkins), David Morse (Luke / Daedalus), Joseph McKenna (One-Eyed Jack), Melina Kanakaredes (Trin), Dan Warry-Smith (Raymond), Rex Linn (Man in bed), Alan North (Earl), Kristen Bone, Jennifer Pisana (Girls), Edwin Hodge (Todd Henessey), Sharon Washington (Fran Henessey), Bill MacDonald (Hostage agent), Gladys O'Connor (Alice Waldman), Frank Moore (Suveillance man), Graham McPherson (CIA Director), Judah Katz (Harry), Robert Thomas (Alley agent), John Stead (Deer lick sentry), Marc Cohen, Chad Donella (Teenagers), Deborah Kirshenbaum (Operator), Shawn Doyle (Bum cop), Ken Ryan (News anchor), Susan Henley (Church mother), Craig Eldridge (Crime scene reporter), Charles A. Tamburro (Heliocopter pilot), Larry King (Himself), Gerry Bamman (CIA agent), Reginald Doresa (Bar patron), Erin Gooderham (Church mother), Lisa Wegner (Sara)

Cast: Renny Harlin (Director), Shane Black (Screenplay), Michael De Luca, Richard Saperstein, Steve Tisch (Exec. Producers), Renny Harlin, Geena Davis, Stephanie Austin, Shane Black, Carla Fry (Producers), Guillermo Navarro (Director of Photography), William Goldenberg (Film Editor)
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