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Late for Dinner (1991)

Late for Dinner poster
Directed by
W. D. Richter
Genre
science fiction film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man with a terminal illness asks his friend to help him escape the hospital. They get frozen in a cryonic experiment and wake up decades later in a changed world. The man tries to reconnect with the wife and daughter he left behind.

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What happens

Late for Dinner is a 1991 American science fiction drama film directed by W. D. Richter, starring Peter Berg, Brian Wimmer, and Marcia Gay Harden. The supporting cast includes Peter Gallagher and Richard Steinmetz, with Janeane Garofalo making her film debut in a brief, comical role as a cashier at a burger joint. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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