After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.
Acting
Ford's physical transformation—he actually learned to walk again for this.
Direction
Nichols finds warmth without sentimentality in recovery scenes.
Writing
J.J. Abrams' script dares to make its protagonist genuinely unlikable first.
Director
Mike Nichols
Harrison Ford
Henry Turner
Annette Bening
Sarah Turner
Bill Nunn
Bradley, Physical Therapist
Rebecca Miller
Linda
Bruce Altman
Bruce, Henry's Partner
Elizabeth Wilson
Jessica, Henry's Secretary
Donald Moffat
Charlie Cameron
James Rebhorn
Dr. Sultan
Robin Bartlett
Phyllis
Michael Haley
Court Clerk
Susan Forristal
Brenda
John Leguizamo
Liquor Store Gunman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harrison Ford spent weeks at a brain injury rehabilitation center learning to move and speak like a recovering patient—method acting before it was memeable.
This was J.J. Abrams' first produced screenplay, written at 24. The 'amnesia as moral reset' premise became a 90s template, though few matched its uncomfortable honesty about class privilege.
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