Short Time is a
1990The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
comedy movie by Gregg Champion and starring
Dabney ColemanDabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor. He is best known for his abrasive characters and his usually present mustache.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary Wharton and Melvin Randolph Coleman...
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Matt FrewerMatthew "Matt" Frewer is an American stage, TV, and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is probably best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom....
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Teri GarrTerry Ann "Teri" Garr is an American actress and comedienne.-Early life:Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Her father, Eddie Garr , was a vaudeville performer, comedian and actor whose career peaked when he briefly took over the lead role in the Broadway drama Tobacco Road...
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SeattleSeattle is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Situated in the western part of Washington State on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Sealth, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes...
detective Burt Simpson (Coleman) is mistakenly told he has two weeks to live due to a medical mix-up after a routine checkup. He finds out that his family will not be entitled to his retirement fund if he dies of natural causes; they can only get benefits if he is killed in the line of duty.
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Short Time is a
1990The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
comedy movie by Gregg Champion and starring
Dabney ColemanDabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor. He is best known for his abrasive characters and his usually present mustache.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary Wharton and Melvin Randolph Coleman...
,
Matt FrewerMatthew "Matt" Frewer is an American stage, TV, and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is probably best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom....
and
Teri GarrTerry Ann "Teri" Garr is an American actress and comedienne.-Early life:Garr was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Her father, Eddie Garr , was a vaudeville performer, comedian and actor whose career peaked when he briefly took over the lead role in the Broadway drama Tobacco Road...
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SeattleSeattle is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Situated in the western part of Washington State on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Sealth, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes...
detective Burt Simpson (Coleman) is mistakenly told he has two weeks to live due to a medical mix-up after a routine checkup. He finds out that his family will not be entitled to his retirement fund if he dies of natural causes; they can only get benefits if he is killed in the line of duty. For the remainder of the movie, he takes greater and greater risks in the hopes that a suspect ends up killing him.