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Jacobs Ladder

Synopsis:

A tortured man finds himself caught in a middle-ground between hallucination and reality in this supernatural thriller, scripted by Bruce Joel Rubin of Ghost (1990) and My Life (1993).

Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) is a soldier stationed in Vietnam who undergoes a traumatic experience on the battlefield - the nature of which is initially unclear. The film then moves into his post-Vietnam experience in 1970s New York, where he feels consistently traumatized, but can never quite remember exactly what happened to him in Southeast Asia or to free himself from his anxieties over the recent tragic death of his young son (Macaulay Culkin).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Adrian Lyne
  • Studio: TriStar, Carolco Pictures
  • Year: 1990
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: New York City, NY
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama, Thriller
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1990 11 02 (USA)

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