Flatliners is a 1990 American thriller film starring Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin and Oliver Platt. Five medical students use physical science in an attempt to find out what lies beyond death. They conduct clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The movie was directed by Joel Schumacher, and it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990. Nelson , convinces four of his medical school classmates — Joe Hurley , David Labraccio , Randall Steckle and Rachel Manus — to help him discover what lies beyond... death. Nelson flatlines for one minute before his classmates resuscitate him. While "dead", he experiences a sort of afterlife. He sees a vision of a boy he bullied as a child, Billy Mahoney. He merely tells his friends that he can't describe what he saw, but something is there. The others decide to follow Nelson's daring feat. Joe flatlines next, and he experiences an erotic afterlife sequence. He agrees with Nelson's claim that something indeed exists.
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| Release date: | August 10, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Joel Schumacher |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Douglas, Rick Bieber |
| Editor: | Robert Brown |
| Music by: | Lincoln Chase, James Newton Howard, David A. Stewart |
| Cinematography: | Jan de Bont |
| Screenplay by: | Peter Filardi |
| Estimated budget: | $26,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction |