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Flashback

  • 1990
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
5.9K
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Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland in Flashback (1990)
At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?
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At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?

  • Director
    • Franco Amurri
  • Writer
    • David Loughery
  • Stars
    • Dennis Hopper
    • Kiefer Sutherland
    • Carol Kane
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    5.9K
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    • Director
      • Franco Amurri
    • Writer
      • David Loughery
    • Stars
      • Dennis Hopper
      • Kiefer Sutherland
      • Carol Kane
    • 32User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Dennis Hopper
    Dennis Hopper
    • Huey Walker
    Kiefer Sutherland
    Kiefer Sutherland
    • John Buckner
    Carol Kane
    Carol Kane
    • Maggie
    Paul Dooley
    Paul Dooley
    • Stark
    Cliff De Young
    Cliff De Young
    • Sheriff Hightower
    Richard Masur
    Richard Masur
    • Barry
    Michael McKean
    Michael McKean
    • Hal
    Kathleen York
    Kathleen York
    • Sparkle
    Tom O'Brien
    Tom O'Brien
    • Phil Prager
    Eric Lorentz
    • Prison Guard
    Jan Van Sickle
    Jan Van Sickle
    • Prison Guard
    Jack Casperson
    • Man in Dining Car
    Dwayne Carrington
    • Waiter in Dining Car
    David Underwood
    David Underwood
    • Deputy
    Bobby Price
    • Deputy
    Timothy G. Riley
    • Deputy
    Liz Jury
    • Barmaid
    Kelli Van Londersele
    • Girl in Bar
    • Director
      • Franco Amurri
    • Writer
      • David Loughery
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    10kiefer-11

    feel good

    I have seen this movie a few times now and it has nothing to do with my attraction to Kiefer Sutherland (well maybe a little to start with!) The plotline is that Agent John Buckner a straight laced F.B.I agent has to get Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper) a hippie from the 60's who has been on the run for twenty years from San Francisco to Spokane, with disastrous Consequences. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, this film is about self discovery. With plot twists around every corner it makes for compulsive viewing for all ages, and leaves you with a good feeling at heart. If like me you are not a child of the sixties it makes you wish you had a time travel machine, if you were then you'll be dusting those flairs off! A classic old fashioned feel good movie.
    7ccthemovieman-1

    A Fun Period Or The Beginning Of The End?

    For the most part, this is an enjoyable "flashback" for most folks, a look back at the wild and crazy late 1960s. I would have enjoyed it more without all the blasphemous exclamations out of Keifer Sutherland's mouth.

    For those who loved the '60s and its hippie-far Left political and cultural stances, this will be a nostalgic remembrance of those days. For those who think that period was the beginning of the end, morally and culturally for the U.S., this film will demonstrate that, too.

    Regardless of where one is politically, the film moves very fast, is very entertaining, and has almost no credibility. In parts, it's just embarrassing it is so ludicrous.

    Dennis Hopper is very believable as the ex-"hippie" and Carol Kane is a hoot as the "flower child." The rest of the cast, led by Sutherland, is nothing but irritating.

    Also, the soundtrack of '60s songs is excellent.
    ophelia_1969

    Peace, love, understanding and Humor!

    Huey Walker(Hopper) is an hysterical character to watch in this film as a hippie who is very Abby Hoffman like. He is arrested by John Buckner (Sutherland), a tight-assed, republican, FBI agent. What is supposed to be a simple task of transporting a prisoner turns out a harder job than expected for Buckner. As they make their way from San Francisco to Spokane, they encounter many obstacles. From a kind hearted prostitute to a crooked sheriff to a Haight Ashbury leftover played brilliantly by the ever wonderful Carol Kane (Scrooged, Taxi). Watching Walker and Buckner try to out smart each other is fuuny as hell, and chemistry between Sutherland and Hopper is great. You see the geninue friendship between them. The funniest scene, of which there are many, is when Walker is down on his knees, covering his face in mud. Buckner instucts him to then put one hand in the air and one on his heart and sing "Mammy". The humor however is nothing more than a vehicle for the true meaning of this film : You Can't Change Who You Are or Where You Come From. That message is perhaps best expressed in the lines:

    Buckner:So you're a phony? Walker:Yeah so? Buckner:Just like me.

    I give this movie my highest rating: 10 stars!

    * * * * * * * * * *
    8bryan-930-337366

    Highly underrated, one of Sutherland's best and a great later performance from Hopper

    A really good early 90s film (set in the late 80s) with great performances and strong, nuanced writing and humor and a few intriguing plot twists and turns. Highly underrated and barely remembered, it made its mark on me when I saw it back then and I never forgot it. Glad to see it on digital release recently.
    8w_vai

    :)

    Great movie! Lots of good one-liners, reference to old movies, quotables, etc... Good performance by Dennis Hopper as a "Prankster" Hippy and also by Kiefer Sutherland as an FBI Agent in denial. Carol Kane as the communal Flowerchild is a treat as well.

    As with most older Dennis Hopper films, he plays the aging Hippy like noone else can. Makes you feel bad that poor old Huey himself didn't make it to Woodstock. ;)

    Quote (by Hopper's character Huey Walker): "Did you know that all condoms have a serial number on 'em? No? Then YOU must not have had to ever roll one down FAR enough!"

    Classic.... :)

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    • Trivia
      At the Union Station train depot in Oakland, Dennis Hopper made fast friends with the two Asian children seen in the film waving at his character as he departs the waiting area. He spent his off time playing with the kids during set up. Their reactions to him in the film are genuine.
    • Goofs
      During the shootout on the train near the end of the movie, John's wristwatch is there, then it's gone, then it's back again.
    • Quotes

      Huey Walker: Once we get outta the 80's, the 90's are going to make the 60's look like the 50's.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Stella/Heart Condition/Men Don't Leave/Flashback/Cinema Paradiso (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      The Bottom Line
      By Mick Jones

      Performed by Big Audio Dynamite

      Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department

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    • Release date
      • February 2, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Флэшбэк
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • 60/80 Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,488,114
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,910,116
      • Feb 4, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,488,114
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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