- Flashback (film)
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name = Flashback
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director =Franco Amurri
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writer =David Loughery
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starring =Dennis Hopper
Kiefer Sutherland
Carol Kane
Paul Dooley
Cliff De Young
music =Barry Goldberg
cinematography =Stefan Czapsky
editing =C. Timothy O'Meara
distributor =Paramount
released = 1990
runtime = 107 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0099581Infobox movie certificates
United_States = R (Restricted)"Flashback" is a 1990 film starring
Dennis Hopper ,Kiefer Sutherland andCarol Kane , written byDavid Loughery and directed byFranco Amurri . The film received an R rating by the MPAA.Plot
Hopper plays Huey Walker, a
hippie and a formerNew Left radical who has been on the run from the law for 20 years for something he did not do, disconnectingSpiro Agnew 's train car inSpokane, Washington . Sutherland plays John Buckner, theFBI agent who is to transport Huey Walker back to Spokane for trial. (Later in the movie, it is revealed that Buckner was raised on a communalfarm and that his realgiven name is Free). They take therailroad out ofOakland, California to Spokane since the airport is fogged in. A scheduled stopover in the fictional town of Marsden,Oregon near Portland leads to a number of misadventures and forces both Walker and Buckner to confront their own pasts.oundtrack
The movie produced a fairly popular soundtrack made up of a mix of 60's music and 80's alternative music. The highlight is the theme song "Free", which is only available on this soundtrack; it was never included in any
Big Audio Dynamite collection. A remake of the song, titled "Kickin' In", was later recorded byBig Audio Dynamite II and included on theKool-Aid (album) .Track Listing
*1. Free (Theme Song From Flashback) -
Big Audio Dynamite
*2. Fatal Attraction (And It's So Strange...) -The Ultraviolets
*3. Next Time(I'll Dream Of You) -Flesh For Lulu
*4. Walk On The Wild Side -Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
*5. It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.
*6. People Get Ready -Bob Dylan
*7. On The Road Again -Canned Heat
*8. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
*9. Comin' Back To Me -Jefferson Airplane
*10. All Along The Watchtower -Jimi Hendrix Trivia
* Sutherland and Hopper would work together in the first season of Sutherland's hit show "24". Hopper played the main antagonist,
Victor Drazen , chief architect of the first day's revenge plot.External links
*imdb title|0099581|Flashback
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