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88 Minutes

  • 20072007
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  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
77K
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Al Pacino in 88 Minutes (2007)
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On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes l... Read allOn the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
77K
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    • Jon Avnet
    • Gary Scott Thompson
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Alicia Witt
    • Ben McKenzie
    • Jon Avnet
    • Gary Scott Thompson
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Alicia Witt
    • Ben McKenzie
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    • 281User reviews
    • 150Critic reviews
    • 17Metascore
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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Jack Gramm
    Alicia Witt
    Alicia Witt
    • Kim Cummings
    Ben McKenzie
    Ben McKenzie
    • Mike Stempt
    • (as Benjamin McKenzie)
    Leelee Sobieski
    Leelee Sobieski
    • Lauren Douglas
    Amy Brenneman
    Amy Brenneman
    • Shelly Barnes
    William Forsythe
    William Forsythe
    • Frank Parks
    Deborah Kara Unger
    Deborah Kara Unger
    • Carol Lynn Johnson
    Neal McDonough
    Neal McDonough
    • Jon Forster
    Leah Cairns
    Leah Cairns
    • Sara Pollard
    Stephen Moyer
    Stephen Moyer
    • Guy LaForge
    Christopher Redman
    Christopher Redman
    • Jeremy Guber
    Trilby Glover
    Trilby Glover
    • Defense Attorney
    Damien Leake
    Damien Leake
    • The Judge
    Brendan Fletcher
    Brendan Fletcher
    • Johnny D'Franco
    Michael Eklund
    Michael Eklund
    • J.T. Rycker
    Kristina Copeland
    • Dale Morris
    Tammy Hui
    • Janie Cates
    Vicky Huang
    • Joanie Cates
      • Jon Avnet
      • Gary Scott Thompson
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    • Trivia
      The film runs in "real time" meaning that at the moment Jack Gramm is first told he has only 88 minutes to live, the remaining running time of the motion picture until the identity of the person who set Gramm up is exactly 88 minutes.
    • Goofs
      When Jack reaches the 7th floor of the Stearns Bldg, he racks the slide on his pistol. But he had just fired a warning shot past the student's head a few minutes earlier, there was no need to cock the pistol. And when he does cock it, the slide locks back, indicating the pistol is now out of ammunition.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Voice on phone: Tic-tock, doc.

    • Alternate versions
      The movie ends with Professor Gramm speaking on the phone to Jon Foster and telling him that he's just got 12 hours to live, mimicking the menacing tone he's been given throughout the movie. Some copies of the film end there, while in some DVD versions, there is a scene afterwards in which Professor Gramm tells his class that Forster was killed via lethal injection.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Clock (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
      Written by Max Martin (ASCAP), Herbie Crichlow (as Herbert St. Clair Crichlow) (ASCAP)

      Performed by Backstreet Boys

      Published by Zomba Enterprises Inc. (ASCAP) / WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) obo Megasong Publishing

      Courtesy of Jive Records

      By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Licensing

    User reviews281

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    6/10
    Good but mostly only because of Al Pacino
    This movie uses time to create some urgency and a fairly fast pace to keep interest. These devices are used effectively so that combined with Al Pacino and a decent script we have an interesting thriller.

    The story is a bit extreme, but the pace really did help me not to question that (too much) in the final analysis. The character played by Al Pacino is unsympathetic even though he harbors a terrible past that haunts him. That changes as everything falls apart around him in just over an hour. His struggle to find a killer that he believes will kill him, as well as others, overshadows his obnoxious ego. Has he met his match? Does he have some moral issues that either way are going to be his downfall? It makes for a pretty interesting plot.

    This isn't the best psychological thriller...but, it's respectable enough to warrant a solid 6 and that is due to Al Pacino largely.
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    • Release date
      • April 18, 2008 (United States)
      • United States
      • Germany
      • Canada
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III
      • Brightlight Pictures
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    • 1 hour 48 minutes
      • Dolby Digital

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