Product Details

• Actors: Nicholas Walker, Dara Tomanovich, Sally Kirkland, Vincent Berry, Ally Sheedy
• Directors: Kurt Voss
• Writers: Kurt Voss, Christopher Belden, David Henry
• Producers: Sally Kirkland, Ehud Bleiberg, Larry Rattner, Raimond Reynolds, Steven Reich
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Universal
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002B9666
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,044 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Amnesia" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Paul Keller is a married pastor who preaches piety on Sunday, while carrying on a torrid affair with the local school teacher, Veronica Dow, during the week. The lovers concoct a scheme to fake Keller's death so that they can be together, but the plan goes awry when Keller hits his head and awakens not knowing who he is. A dazed Keller wanders into the motel he used for his secret liaisons, and is found by Charlene Hunt, a lonely and desperate motel manager, who realizes Keller has amnesia and makes him her prisoner and lover. In the interim, Keller's wife Martha is suspected of foul play by an insurance investigator and forges an unwitting alliance with Dow, her husband's lover. ...Amnesia (1996)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Goodbye Paul, December 26, 2005

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This review is from: Amnesia [Slim Case] (DVD)

I read the other review on this site, and I see that it gave only one star because the film was edited, not because the film was poor. The one star rating was in anger over the editing.

I can sympathize with that, but I've never seen the original so I can only rate it on what I saw, and this is a funny film. Maybe it would have been more enjoyable with some nudity, but it stands on its own just fine without it.

It is the story of a very annoying minister, a real obnoxious jerk who happens to be a womanizer. He has no redeeming social value. He is the one who ends up getting amnesia, after falling from a rowboat in a lake while in the process of faking his own death in order to begin life anew with his girlfriend, ditching his wife and her son.

That is where Sally Kirkland comes in. She's funny. The man, now with amnesia, wanders into her motel, and she won't let him go. She's a lonely and crazy woman, and she decides that this man is her soul mate, even if she has to tie his wrists and ankles to the bed to keep him there.

Meanwhile, both his wife and his girlfriend have a tough decision to make. Should they kill him for the insurance or not? Ally Sheedy does an excellent deadpan job as the wife. I remember enjoying her in Breakfast Club so many years ago.

This movie reminds me of the great song by the Dixie Chicks, Goodbye Earl.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Edited, December 3, 2005

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Sensory Depravation (Central Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amnesia [Slim Case] (DVD)

The Digiview Version of this title, all be it inexpensive, is an edited version. This decent "B" Title has been chopped to remove the nudity for this cheap DVD release. I don't know if Digiview did it or it is just the copy they got, but the R rating doesn't really apply to this version.

1.0 out of 5 stars Edited version, December 3, 2009

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T. Acevedo "RealDealViewer" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amnesia (1996) (DVD)

This edited DVD version eliminated much of the mature content out of the video. For purists who like to see what the director intended, beware of altered versions like this DVD presentation of Amnesia.