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Past Tense poster
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MASTER SCORE 54.1 / 100
1994·Crime / Mystery / Thriller·1h 31m

PAST TENSE

A former cop who is now a novelist notices an attractive young woman move in next door to him. He strikes up a conversation, one thing leads to another and he spends the night. She asks him to come back the next evening, but when he does he discovers that she has been killed. When he reports the murder, he is told that no such woman ever lived there, and when he gets back to the house there's a completely different woman staying there--who he's never seen before--who claims that she's lived there for years and no other woman has ever lived there

Above the Line
Graeme Clifford·DirectorScott Frost·WriterMiguel Tejada-Flores·WriterCharles Minsky·Director of PhotographyStephen Graziano·Original Music ComposerPaul Rubell·Editor
Cast
Scott Glenn·Gene RalstonLara Flynn Boyle·Tory Bass / Sabrina JamesAnthony LaPaglia·Larry TalbertDavid Ogden Stiers·Dr. Bert JamesSheree J. Wilson·Emily TalbertMarita Geraghty·Dawn TrippletDuane Davis·Alex PooleNed Van Zandt·Frank ButlerCorey Gunnestad·Lightning FloristMark Phelan·Crime Scene Cop
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 3
Graeme Clifford·DirectorDavid Fudge·Second Assistant DirectorLinda Montanti·First Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Scott Frost·WriterMiguel Tejada-Flores·Writer
Camera· 1
Charles Minsky·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Paul Rubell·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Stephen Graziano·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 4
Toby Corbett·Production DesignMary Jane Fort·Costume DesignSusan Emshwiller·Set DecorationCheryl Voss·Makeup Artist
Production· 7
Stephen Joel Brown·ProducerNana Greenwald·ProducerPaul Kurta·ProducerAnne Kopelson·Executive ProducerArnold Kopelson·Executive ProducerAmanda Mackey·CastingCathy Sandrich Gelfond·Casting
Other Departments· 11
Clare M. Corsick·HairstylistDonna Evans·StuntsKevin Hannigan·Special Effects CoordinatorTerry Jackson·Stunt CoordinatorMarian Green·StuntsHannah Kozak·Stunt DoublePat Romano·StuntsDon Ruffin·StuntsNoon Orsatti·StuntsLincoln Simonds·StuntsKurtis Epper·Stunts
By the Numbers
54.1
OF 100
Master Score
5.8
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
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