White Sands (1992)
- Directed by
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast
- Ou Yang Zhen Hua, Jiao Jun Yan, Wang Shu
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, police film, thriller film, suspense film, political thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 180 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A small-town sheriff in New Mexico finds a dead man and a suitcase full of cash. He takes on the dead man's identity and gets pulled into an FBI investigation.
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What happens
White Sands is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, and starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Samuel L. Jackson and Mickey Rourke. The film is about Ray Dolezal, a small-town New Mexico sheriff who finds a body in the desert with a suitcase containing $500,000. He impersonates Bob Spencer, the dead man, and stumbles into an FBI investigation. White Sands was produced by Morgan Creek Productions, and was released in the United States on April 24, 1992, by Warner Bros. It received mixed reviews and grossed $18 million worldwide against a budget of $22 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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