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It was the early '60s in Chicago, and for high school senior Jimmy Reardon (River Phoenix), his folks had his plans mapped out for him: Attend the same business school his dad graduated from. The free-spirited kid's agenda, however, included scraping up the airfare to Hawaii to join rich girlfriend Lisa Bentwright (Meredith Salenger)... but one chaotic evening could have it all crashing down. Ione Skye, Matthew Perry, Anne Magnuson co-star; writer-director William Richert adapted his own novel. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

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rand New 4K Master! Screen legend Jeff Bridges (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, 8 Millions Ways to Die) stars as Nick Kegan, the son of world-famous tycoon Pa Kegan (John Huston, Chinatown) and half-brother of the late US President Timothy Kegan, who was slain by a lone assassin 19 years earlier. But when a long-rumored “second gunman” makes a secret deathbed confession, Nick begins to unravel a trail of suspects that includes a billionaire war-freak (Sterling Hayden, The Killing), a murderous mob boss (Ralph Meeker, Kiss Me Deadly), a shady nightclub owner (Eli Wallach, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), a Cuban kingpin (Tomas Milian, Face to Face), an eccentric computer expert (Anthony Perkins, Psycho) and a mysterious Washington madam (Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra). Belinda Bauer (Robocop 2), Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo), Dorothy Malone (The Tarnished Angels), Richard Boone (Big Jake), Brad Dexter (99 River Street), Joe Spinell (Maniac), Tisa Farrow (And Hope to Die), Erin Gray (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) and Camilla Sparv (The High Commissioner) co-star in this one-of-a-kind black comedy-thriller from acclaimed writer/director William Richert (A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon) and based on the best-selling novel by Richard Condon (Prizzi’s Honor, The Manchurian Candidate). Special Features: -Audio Commentary with Writer/Director William Richert -Who Killed WINTER KILLS? - Interviews with William Richert, Stars Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer, Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and Production Designer Robert Boyle -Reunion - William Richert and Jeff Bridges reminisce about making WINTER KILLS -Star Stories - William Richert remembers his WINTER KILLS cast -Radio Spot -Theatrical Trailer