Er physician gary luthan hugh grant tries unsuccessfully to save. Extreme measures is a 1996 thriller directed by michael apted and starring hugh grant, gene hackman, sarah jessica parker and david morse. Cast information crew information company information news box office. This medical thriller begins with two crazed naked men escaping from an unmarked urban institutional building. Macabre surprises in a medical plot the new york times. Released september 27th, 1996, extreme measures stars hugh grant, gene hackman, sarah jessica parker, david morse the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 58 min, and received a score of out of. While extreme measures was enjoyable to watch, there seemed to be something lacking that could make it a great movie. While extreme measures is an appropriate name, it is not memorable and seems. Finding a better path to the end of life by jessica nutik, m. The film was directed by michael apted and starred hugh grant, gene hackman, sarah jessica parker and david morse. Stern discovered that she had a cat named as i recall fluffy. Extreme measures is a 1996 american crime thriller film based on michael palmers 1991. Extreme measures is the first film from the production company run by actors hugh grant and elizabeth hurley, and grant has used. Extreme measures is rated r under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Extreme measures is a 1996 american crime thriller film based on michael palmers 1991 novel of the same name, dealing with the ethics of medical sacrifices. Guy luthan hugh grant treats a homeless man with strange symptoms, but then the patient disappears out from under his care along with any files. Read the extreme measures movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. What luthan discovers may put his own life at risk. Hugh grant is a likable character, and does well with this new role in a thriller. Extreme measures, for example, laughs in the face of lesser films that merely bore the viewer with a predictably plot or forgettable characters. Serious spoilers ahead not that im implying youll want to see this movie. Extreme measures 1996 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Extreme measures this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Young, talented, and ambitious, dr eric najarian has all the qual. Thriller about guy luthan hugh grant, a british doctor working at a hospital in new york who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of. This film besides its wishful parallel to hugh grants own recent stumble is a pretty straightforward thriller with an important ethical question in the middle of it. If you like extreme measures you might like similar movies pushing tin, fearless, regarding henry, no way out, nobodys fool. The doctor looks into this mans files to find out what caused it.
Actor kevin costner says gene hackman is the best actor hes worked with 1517 duration. It was the first film produced by cbs films, the film division of cbs corporation, who released the film on january 22, 2010. In a twist on the usual sense of the phrase, is it right to use extreme measures in the pursuit of research breakthroughs. Extreme measures 1996 stream and watch online moviefone. Based on a novel by michael palmer, extreme measures. The forced hybrid of a preposterous potboiler plot with genuine questions of medical ethics, extreme measures is weakened, not strengthened. Extraordinary measures is a 2010 american medical drama film starring brendan fraser, harrison ford, and keri russell. Financial analysis of extreme measures 1996 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Extreme measures features both flaws, naturally you dont mess with the classics but it doesnt stop there.