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Sunchaser

Original title: The Sunchaser
  • 1996
  • R
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
5.5K
YOUR RATING
Woody Harrelson and Jon Seda in Sunchaser (1996)
Dark ComedyPsychological DramaRoad TripCrimeDrama

A prestigious oncologist learns a valuable lesson in humility and is forced to reexamine his relationship with medicine and his life in general when Brandon, a young patient and convicted fo... Read allA prestigious oncologist learns a valuable lesson in humility and is forced to reexamine his relationship with medicine and his life in general when Brandon, a young patient and convicted for murder, kidnaps him at gunpoint.A prestigious oncologist learns a valuable lesson in humility and is forced to reexamine his relationship with medicine and his life in general when Brandon, a young patient and convicted for murder, kidnaps him at gunpoint.

  • Director
    • Michael Cimino
  • Writer
    • Charles Leavitt
  • Stars
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Jon Seda
    • Anne Bancroft
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    5.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Cimino
    • Writer
      • Charles Leavitt
    • Stars
      • Woody Harrelson
      • Jon Seda
      • Anne Bancroft
    • 31User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson
    • Dr. Michael Reynolds
    Jon Seda
    Jon Seda
    • Brandon 'Blue' Monroe
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Dr. Renata Baumbauer
    Alexandra Tydings
    Alexandra Tydings
    • Victoria Reynolds
    Matt Mulhern
    • Dr. Chip Byrnes
    Talisa Soto
    Talisa Soto
    • Navajo Woman
    Richard Bauer
    • Dr. Bradford
    Victor Aaron
    • Webster Skyhorse
    Lawrence Pressman
    Lawrence Pressman
    • Agent in Charge Collier
    Michael O'Neill
    Michael O'Neill
    • Agent Moreland
    Harry Carey Jr.
    Harry Carey Jr.
    • Cashier
    Carmen Dell'Orefice
    Carmen Dell'Orefice
    • Arabella
    Brooke Ashley
    • Calantha Reynolds
    Andrea Roth
    Andrea Roth
    • Head Nurse
    Bob Minor
    Bob Minor
    • Deputy Lynch
    Sal Landi
    Sal Landi
    • Deputy #2
    Harper Roisman
    • Mr. Vogel
    Kelly Perine
    Kelly Perine
    • Fellow in Oncology
    • Director
      • Michael Cimino
    • Writer
      • Charles Leavitt
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    User reviews31

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    7Sunny-22

    SunChaser is a good movie about hope

    SunChaser is a kind of movie you like or you dislike. Its about a criminal boy who has nothing to lose because he will die in a few weeks. So he kidnaps his doctor to find an Indian cure. This doctor realizes that his life is at a point that he has everything to lose but his soul. So he has to find a cure as well.

    I really loved Sunchaser. The atmosphere off the story breaths hope. It is not to late to learn to live untill your last breath. So if you have 2 hours to spare, and you don't want to rent an Adam Sandler or Jerry Bruckheimer video, rent this one. You won't be disappointed.
    8MOscarbradley

    The work of a maverick director

    Michael Cimino's final film "The Sunchaser" bombed but I suppose after "Heaven's Gate" Cimino was lucky to get any kind of gig. Consequently, the film virtually disappeared without trace and is, of course, now ripe for rediscovery. It's no masterpiece, (unlike "Heaven's Gate" which I firmly believe is a masterpiece), but it's no turkey either and is sufficiently 'strange' to be of more than passing interest.

    It's a kind of road movie/buddy movie in which a 16 year old prisoner, (26 year old Jon Seda, excellent), who happens to be dying of cancer, escapes taking his doctor, (a miscast Woody Harrelson), hostage. It veers wildly between black comedy and some high flautin' philosophizing, bypassing the conventions of the thriller on the way. It's an ambitious picture that makes you wonder what audience Cimino had in mind, (did we really need the dotty Anne Bancroft episode), and you could say it's certainly the work of a maverick director, being closer in tone to the American films of the seventies than what was being turned out in the nineties and for all its faults you can tell it's the work of a major filmmaker, one whose real potential was never fully realized. Seek this one out.
    davidsgutierrez

    Good movie

    It's not the greatest movie, but it's entertaining. So many people hating on here, just relax and enjoy a movie, stop being so critical of everything, especially all you wanna be Hollywood critic's! Just shut up!
    5smoothstrat

    Great acting, decent plot, worst sound track ever!

    We just viewed this on Netflix.... the plot is credible and interesting. The acting is very good. But we couldn't help but get distracted by a soundtrack that was nothing less that ridiculous. Who in the heck did this?? The backing music was sometimes out of a spaghetti western, then street rap, the gospel and just never really worked with the plot and acting.

    Though the plot was interesting and kept us engaged, the ending was most definitely "lackluster" - what a bummer.. It made little sense, it is like they ran out of film and just threw something together for the last 5-mins. Too bad, we liked it until the end, despite the soundtrack.
    youngblood_16

    OK movie

    The movie was ok, it wasnt boring. i saw it with my friend and she thought the movies was good too. The ending was the big disappointment for me though, it was really confusing. Jon Seda did a really good job in this movie. I recommend this movie to every one:) I give it a ***out of *****

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This is Michael Cimino's biggest box-office flop. The film grossed less than thirty thousand dollars domestically on a thirty-one million dollar budget (and while this made the least money, Heaven's Gate, on the other hand, lost the most money).
    • Goofs
      The bullet hole in the windshield of the car is clearly visible a few seconds before the bullet is fired.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Brandon 'Blue' Monroe: May beauty be before me. May beauty be behind me. May beauty be above me. May beauty be below me. May beauty be all around me.

    • Crazy credits
      For Hal
    • Connections
      Referenced in Paradis express (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      What a Difference a Day Makes
      Written by María Grever (as Maria Grever) and Stanley Adams

      Performed by Little Esther Phillips (as Esther Phillips)

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

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    • Release date
      • May 29, 1996 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Navajo
    • Also known as
      • The Sunchaser
    • Filming locations
      • Ouray, Colorado, USA(Road trip scenes.)
    • Production companies
      • Appledown Films Inc.
      • Joseph S. Vecchio Entertainment
      • Monarchy Enterprises B.V.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,508
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,845
      • Oct 27, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $21,508
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 2m(122 min)
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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