Heaven's Prisoners/Blink

Synopsis: This pair of taut drama flicks includes: HEAVEN'S PRISONERS: A former New Orleans cop is forced to return to the violence of the streets after his family is victimized in this labyrinthine... This pair of taut drama flicks includes: HEAVEN'S PRISONERS: A former New Orleans cop is forced to return to the violence of the streets after his family is victimized in this labyrinthine thriller based on the crime novels of James Lee Burke. Alec Baldwin stars as Burke stalwart Dave Robicheaux, a retired detective who has made a new life for himself running a bait shop in the Louisiana bayou. When he saves the life of a young girl who is the sole survivor of a mysterious plane crash, Robicheaux is once again plunged into the netherworld of crime and corruption as he and his wife (Kelly Lynch) get caught between rampaging federal agents and a drug-running former friend (Eric Roberts). BLINK: Blind since she was child, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) experiences a miracle--a dead woman's eyes have been donated to her, allowing Emma to see again. But before she's had the opportunity to grow accustomed to her blurry vision, she witnesses a brutal murder. Working with a handsome detective (Aidan Quinn), she tries to help the police locate the murderer before the murderer locates her. Director Michael Apted (COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER and GORILLAS IN THE MIST) has always been concerned about creating stronger, more complicated female characters in mainstream films, and with BLINK he has succeeded. In more than 200 films with blind characters, blind men have danced, taken photographs, and performed rescues, while blind women have usually been terrified, hapless victims; Emma, as played by Stowe, breaks with that tradition. In her first major role after LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Stowe bristles as an independent woman who has long taken care of herself and doesn't want to be protected by the police. [More]

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Madeleine Stowe

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn

Director: Phil Joanou, Michael Apted

Director: Phil Joanou, Michael Apted

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