The Long Kiss Goodnight is a
1996The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
actionAction movies are a film genre wherein the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero. While action has long been an element of films, the "Action film" as a genre of its own began to develop in the...
thriller
filmFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
starring
Geena DavisVirginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
and
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
, written by
Shane BlackShane Black is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout....
and directed by
Renny HarlinRenny Harlin is a Finnish American film director and producer, mostly known for action movies.-Early life:Renny Harlin was born in Riihimäki, Finland to a nurse mother and a physician father...
.
Samantha Caine (
Geena DavisVirginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
) is a suburban mother and schoolteacher with a seemingly normal life in
Honesdale, PennsylvaniaHonesdale is the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania and is located 32 miles northeast of Scranton.Honesdale is located in a rural area that provides many recreational opportunities including: boating, fishing, hiking, hunting, skiing, biking and rafting.-History:Honesdale,...
. However, she had been found badly injured and suffering from amnesia several years previously, and has no memory of her past. When she's attacked by an escaped convict, Samantha dispatches her attacker with lethal self-defense skills she wasn't aware she possessed.
[to a drunken friend] Earl, do me a favor? … Every few words, have some bubbles come out of your mouth and say "hic".
[to her 7-year-old daughter] Stop being a little baby and get up. Life is pain. Get used to it!
[to Timothy] It ain't over. You're going to die screaming... and I'm going to watch. Am I telling the truth?
[later, watching Timothy plummet to his death] Die screaming, motherfucker!
Chefs do that.
You couldn't hit a lake if you were standing on the bottom of it.
I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.
What I'm saying is, back when we first met, you were all like "Oh phooey, I burned the darn' muffins." Now, you go into a bar, ten minutes later, sailors come runnin' out. What up with that?
I ain't handsome, I ain't rich, and the last time I got blown, candy bars cost a nickel.
Naw, I sock 'em in the mouth and yell, "Pop goes the weasel." Who the fuck are you?
The Long Kiss Goodnight is a
1996The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
actionAction movies are a film genre wherein the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero. While action has long been an element of films, the "Action film" as a genre of its own began to develop in the...
thriller
filmFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
starring
Geena DavisVirginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
and
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
, written by
Shane BlackShane Black is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout....
and directed by
Renny HarlinRenny Harlin is a Finnish American film director and producer, mostly known for action movies.-Early life:Renny Harlin was born in Riihimäki, Finland to a nurse mother and a physician father...
.
Plot
Samantha Caine (
Geena DavisVirginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
) is a suburban mother and schoolteacher with a seemingly normal life in
Honesdale, PennsylvaniaHonesdale is the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania and is located 32 miles northeast of Scranton.Honesdale is located in a rural area that provides many recreational opportunities including: boating, fishing, hiking, hunting, skiing, biking and rafting.-History:Honesdale,...
. However, she had been found badly injured and suffering from amnesia several years previously, and has no memory of her past. When she's attacked by an escaped convict, Samantha dispatches her attacker with lethal self-defense skills she wasn't aware she possessed. She hires wisecracking, ethically challenged private investigator Mitch Henessey (
Samuel L. JacksonSamuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
) to help her find the truth about her past. She contacts the mysterious Dr. Nathan Waldman (
Brian CoxBrian Denis Cox, CBE is a Scottish actor.-Early life:Cox was born in Dundee, Scotland, the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline , was a spinner who worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns during Cox's childhood. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell...
) who reveals that Samantha is really Charlene Baltimore, an assassin for the CIA who went missing eight years ago. When Samantha is captured and tortured by some of her old enemies, "Charly", previously dormant, resurfaces. Although initially disdaining her life as 'Samantha', Mitch forces Charly to recognise that she actually liked her time as Samantha as it was the first time she was truly content with herself. While attempting to resolve her conflicted feelings about her past, Charly discovers that her former boss at the CIA, Leland Perkins (
Patrick MalahidePatrick Malahide is a British actor, who has played many major film and television roles.-Personal life:Malahide, real name Patrick Gerald Duggan, was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Irish immigrants, a cook mother and a school secretary father...
), has allied with a psychotic ops specialist named Timothy (
Craig Bierko- Career :Bierko is perhaps best known for his role as Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight, as Max Baer in the film Cinderella Man, as Tom Ryan in Scary Movie 4 and on the Broadway stage as Harold Hill in The Music Man...
) in a
false flagFalse flag operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations which are designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of...
plot to detonate a chemical bomb in downtown
Niagara Falls, New YorkNiagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,593. It is across the Niagara River from Niagara Falls, Ontario , both named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share...
, frame "Islamic" terrorists for the crime, and thus secure more funding. She and Mitch set out to thwart the plot and rescue her young daughter, Caitlin (
Yvonne ZimaYvonne Marie Zima is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Rachel Greene in ER, having first appeared in the 1994 pilot episode....
) from the clutches of the terrorists, Charly revealing to Timothy during a tense confrontation that he is actually Caitlin's father (Timothy having spent a brief night with Charly on her last mission before her cover was blown). After averting the plot by stealing the tanker and driving it onto a bridge, Charly returns to Samantha's old life, content with it and having realised that
she genuinely loves Caitlin, leaving Mitch to enjoy the publicity attracted by his role in the crisis.
Production
The screenplay was written by
Shane BlackShane Black is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. He is responsible for the some of the biggest blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout....
, who was at the start of the 1990s one of the highest-paid scriptwriters in
HollywoodThe cinema of the United States has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...
.
This movie was shot throughout Ontario, Canada. Many notable and well known spots can be picked out throughout. Filming took place in
TorontoToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
,
HamiltonHamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
,
CollingwoodCollingwood is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario. Geographically, it is situated on Nottawasaga Bay at the southern point of Georgian Bay.-History:...
, Wasaga Beach,
UnionvilleUnionville is a suburban community in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located 33 km northeast of downtown Toronto and 4 km east of southern Richmond Hill. Unionville is comprised by the neighbourhoods alongside Major MacKenzie Dr...
and at Windermere House in
MuskokaThe District Municipality of Muskoka, more generally referred to as the District of Muskoka or, simply, Muskoka is a Regional Municipality located in Central Ontario, Canada. Muskoka extends from Georgian Bay in the west, to the northern tip of Lake Couchiching in the south, to the western border...
.
Some scenes were shot in parts of the US, however, Ontario, Canada was used for the majority of the filming because of the snowy winters.
Cast
- Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
— Samantha Caine/Charlene Elizabeth "Charly" Baltimore
- Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then, films. He had several small roles, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee...
— Mitch Henessey
- Yvonne Zima
Yvonne Marie Zima is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Rachel Greene in ER, having first appeared in the 1994 pilot episode....
— Caitlin Caine
- Craig Bierko
- Career :Bierko is perhaps best known for his role as Timothy in the 1996 action film The Long Kiss Goodnight, as Max Baer in the film Cinderella Man, as Tom Ryan in Scary Movie 4 and on the Broadway stage as Harold Hill in The Music Man...
— Timothy
- Tom Amandes
Tom Amandes is an American actor and a veteran of both film and television.Amandes was born the sixth of eleven children in Richmond, Illinois. Amandes began acting at an early age, performing at home with his siblings and starring in school productions...
— Hal
- Brian Cox
Brian Denis Cox, CBE is a Scottish actor.-Early life:Cox was born in Dundee, Scotland, the youngest of five children. His mother, Mary Ann Guillerline , was a spinner who worked in the jute mills and suffered several nervous breakdowns during Cox's childhood. His father, Charles McArdle Campbell...
— Dr. Nathan Waldman
- Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide is a British actor, who has played many major film and television roles.-Personal life:Malahide, real name Patrick Gerald Duggan, was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Irish immigrants, a cook mother and a school secretary father...
— Leland Perkins
- David Morse
David Morse is an American stage, television, and film actor. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988...
— Luke/Daedalus
- G.D. Spradlin — President
- Joseph McKenna — One-Eyed Jack
- Melina Kanakaredes
Melina Elena Kanakaredes is a Daytime Emmy Award-nominated American actress. She is widely known for two starring roles on U.S. prime-time television drama series: playing Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY and portraying Dr...
— Trin
- Alan North
Alan North was an American actor.North was born in the Bronx, New York and joined the United States Navy during the Second World War...
— Earl