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Dennis Quaid in D.O.A. (1988)

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D.O.A.

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Third of five versions of the D.O.A. (Dead on Arrival) story with the first being the classic original film noir motion picture D.O.A. (1949) with other versions being D.O.A. (1988), Crank (2006), Color Me Dead (1969), and Dead on Arrival (2013).
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Stars Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid fell in love during the shooting of this film. After Innerspace (1987) it was their second film together. They married in 1991 and divorced in 2001.
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The picture's directing team of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel were hired on the back of their success in creating the "Max Headroom" character and television programs [See: Max Headroom (1985) and The Max Headroom Show (1985)].
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Debut cinema movie directed by directors Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel who had become famous for making "Max Headroom" for television.
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According to show-business trade paper 'Variety', the film's camera technique included large amounts of "visual gimmickry: lots of tilted, or swivelling first-person camerawork plus moire-patterned lighting to create distortion".
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