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Desperate Hours(Movie, 1990)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Desperate HoursRating: 2.8/5 (with 7979 votes)
Desperate Hours is a 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Michael Cimino. It is a remake of the 1955 film of the same name and an adaptation the 1954 novel by Joseph Hayes, who also co-wrote the script with Cimino based on a treatment by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. Cimino was not credited as writer on the finished product. The film stars Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse, Elias Koteas and David Morse. It marks Cimino's third collaboration with Rourke, having previously worked with him on the films Heaven's Gate and Year of the Dragon. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Desperate Hours

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor

About Desperate Hours

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

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Desperate Hours (1990) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 1:58)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Utah
Plays in: Utah
Based on: "The Desperate Hours" (find it on Amazon), "The Desperate Hours" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/31/1991 (World premiere: 10/05/1990)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Отчаяни часове"
"37 horas desesperadas"
"La maison des otages"
"Часы отчаяния"
"Skräckens timmar"
Budget: 18,000,000 USD
Revenue: 2,742,912 USD (= 15%)

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