A 1991 American science fiction drama directed by WD Richter that has two men (Brian Wimmer and Peter Berg) on the run being frozen and waking up thirty years later to a completely different world.
The movie also stars Marcia Gay Harden, Colleen Flynn, Peter Gallagher, Richard Steinmetz, Ross Malinger, John Prosky, and Bo Brundin with film debut of Janeane Garofalo.
It was released on September 20, 1991.
Tropes for the film:
- The '60s: The movie starts in 1962.
- The '90s: Frank and Will end up in 1991 after being cryogenically frozen,
- Human Popsicle: Frank and his challenged friend, Willie, from the sixties are accidentally cryogenically frozen and wake up in the nineties. Played pretty seriously. Shortly after "waking up", they go to a nearby hospital, still unsure what happened. One of them tells a black doctor how strange it is for a black man to be allowed to practice medicine.
- Innocent Bigot: Frank and Willie are on the run from the police in 1962 for killing a man in self-defense (but framed by the witness for murder). One of them is wounded, and the other's kidney is failing. They happen upon a doctor who stitches the bullet but, after discovering the failing kidney, offers to cryogenically freeze the two men until a cure is found. They are awoken in 1991 (and even that was by accident), and, still confused as to what happened, go to a hospital. One of them notices a black doctor and say how great it is they're letting colored people practice medicine now. The doctor is a bit offended but doesn't show it.
- Shockingly Expensive Bill: One of the duo tries to order food after spending a few decades in cryogenic stasis. When the girl at the counter tells him how much it is, he exclaims "That's highway robbery!... Ma'am".
