At First Sight [Blu-ray]

At First Sight [Blu-ray]

Director: Irwin Winkler Cast: Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
, Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
, Kelly McGillis
Kelly McGillis
, Steven Weber
Steven Weber
Irwin Winkler
At First Sight [Blu-ray]

At First Sight [Blu-ray]

Director: Irwin Winkler Cast: Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
, Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
, Kelly McGillis
Kelly McGillis
, Steven Weber
Steven Weber
Irwin Winkler

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Overview

New York architect Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino) meets blind masseur Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer) and falls in love. As she learns his lifelong blindness may be curable through experimental surgery, she convinces him to undergo the operation. Virgil then learns vision may not quite be what he expected. At First Sight is directed by Irwin Winkler and also stars Bruce Davison, Nathan Lane, and Kelly McGillis. At First Sight is a romance adapted by writer Steve Levitt based upon the story To See and Not See from noted writer Dr. Oliver Sacks' collection, An Anthropologist on Mars. Dr. Sacks' work is also the basis for the Penny Marshall film Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and the opera "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat" by Michael Morris with music by Michael Nyman. In his original story, Dr. Sacks tells of receiving a call in October 1991 from a retired minister in the Midwest. His daughter was about to marry a fifty-year old man, Virgil, who had been blind since early childhood. He had thick cataracts and been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease which slowly eats away the retinas. As he could still make the distinction between light and dark, it was found he was misdiagnosed and simple cataract extraction could possibly restore his sight. While surgery was a success, Virgil, like his cinematic counterpart, found he would have to learn to use his vision much like an infant would, even though he was adept at relating to the world through touch. In his A New Theory of Vision, written in 1709, George Berkeley concluded there was no necessary connection between a tactile world and a sight world; a connection between them could be established only on the basis of experience. This same story was also adapted into the play Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/24/2015
UPC: 0887090114400
Original Release: 1999
Rating: PG-13
Source: Olive
Region Code: A
Language: English
Time: 2:08:00
Sales rank: 18,077

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Val Kilmer Virgil Adamson
Mira Sorvino Amy Benic
Kelly McGillis Jennie Adamson
Steven Weber Duncan
Bruce Davison Dr. Charles Aaron
Nathan Lane Phil Webster
Laura Kirk Betsy
Ken Howard Virgil's Father
Margo Winkler Nancy,Health Instructor,Actor
Diana Krall Singer
Brett Robbins Ethan
Willie Carpenter Jack Falk,Jack Falk
Drena De Niro Caroline
Jack Dodick Dr. Goldman
Kelly Chapman Mayer Susan
Nina Griscom Christie Evans
Mortimer B. Zuckerman Homeless Man,Homeless Man
Gene Kirkwood Marshall
Richard Euell Carl Kipling
Carl J. Matusovich Tommy
John Guidera Virgil's Co-Worker
Jack Cooper Overweight Man
Jennifer Wachtell Eva
Marty Davey School Mother
Ben Wolfe Bass Player
Casey W. Harris Casey
Ricky Trammell Info D.J
J.P. Patterson Waiter
Bonnie Deutsch Worker
Sheryl Allington Carter Reporter
Oliver Sacks Reporter
Angela Wang Reporter
Claude Ravier Reporter
Kelly Chapman Actor
Mark Isham Composer

Technical Credits
Irwin Winkler Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Rob Cowan Producer,Screenwriter
Billy Hopkins Casting
Steve Levitt Screenwriter
Oliver Sacks Screenwriter
Paul Berolzheimer Sound Effects
Kelly Barden Casting
Michael O'Farrell Sound/Sound Designer
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