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Deja Vu

Actor(s): Jaclyn Smith, Nigel Terry, Claire Bloom, Shelley Winters
Director(s): Anthony Richmond
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Movie Release: 1984
DVD Release: 06/01/2004
Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins
Studio: MGM
Total Copies: 2
Genres: Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller

DVD Synopsis

Similar to the 1991 Dead Again starring Kenneth Branagh, this story of reincarnation and murder also features two couples who meet again in a new lifetime. Brooke Ashley (Jaclyn Smith) is a ballerina and Michael Richardson (Nigel Terry) is her lover, and they both perish in a fire that destroys their home. Fifty years go by, and Gregory Thomas (Terry), a screenwriter, sees an old film clip of Ashley who could easily pass for his fiancee Maggie Rogers (Smith). Intrigued by this coincidence, he starts to research a screenplay on the ballerina's life, and to help get more material, he visits a medium (Shelley Winters) who used to know her. The medium reveals that Gregory is the reincarnation of the dead Richardson -- which means the former couple is back together again. Before any celebration is in order, some of the increasingly sinister mystery of how and why the couple died in the long-ago fire has to be cleared up. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Actors

Jaclyn Smith - Brooke/Maggie
Nigel Terry - Michael/Greg
Claire Bloom - Eleanor Harvey
Shelley Winters - Olga Nabokov

Editorial Review of DVD

Anthony Richmond directs Jaclyn Smith in the drama Deja Vu. Smith plays a writer researching the life of an actress who died, as well as playing the actress in the flashback sequences in the film. This DVD release of the movie offers a standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer. This is a pedestrian, but inexpensive release from MGM. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide