DESPERATE HOURS - BLU-1990-MICKEY ROURKE-MVD

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• Release Year: 1990
• Genre: Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: From Academy AwardÂ(r)-winning* director Michael Cimino comes this taut psychological thriller about a family held hostage in their own home. Starring Mickey Rourke, OscarÂ(r) winner** Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers and Kelly Lynch, this nail-biting action film grabs you by the throatand leaves you gasping in terror. Prepare yourself. The Desperate Hours have begun.In dire need of a hideout, escaped convict Michael Bosworth (Rourke) uses his charming smile to gain entry into the posh home of Nora and Tim Cornell (Rogers and Hopkins) and their two children. While waiting for his beautiful lawyer-turned-accomplice (Lynch) to arrive, Bosworth's smile soon explodesinto homicidal rage when the Cornells desperately try to fight back. Holding the family at gunpointand ruthlessly pitting husband against wife, Bosworth's fury escalates into a shocking night of terror and cold-blooded murder. Finally, the family is forced to take a stand that will either destroy them...or unite them as never before.*1978: The Deer Hunter**1991: Actor, The Silence of the Lambs
• Cast: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, Elias Koteas, David Morse, Shawnee Smith, Danny Gerard, Gerry Bamman, Matt McGrath, John Christopher Jones, Dean Norris, John Finn, Christopher Curry, Stanley White, Peter Crombie, Ellen Parker, Elizabeth Ruscio, Kenneth Bass, Mike Nussbaum, Ellen McElduff, Brittney Lewis, Lise Wilburn, Ron Bird, Alexis Fernández, Bob Evans, James Rebhorn, Michael Flynn, Jeff Olson, Robert Conder, George Sullivan, Robert Rowe, Daniel Cussiter, Gary Flener, Richard Hernandez, Gary Parker, James Thorton, Bradley Leatham, Brian James Anderson, Matthew Rangi Brown, Barry Primus, Ralph Waite, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc, Michael Cimino(VII), Joseph Hayes
• Director: Michael Cimino(VII)
• Runtime: 1:45
• Company: MGM/UA
• Media Format: Movie