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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Gregg Champion |
| Produced by | Michael Borofsky Bruce McNall Joe Wizan |
| Written by | John Blumenthal Michael Berry |
| Starring | Dabney Coleman Matt Frewer Teri Garr |
| Music by | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | John J. Connor |
| Editing by | Frank Morriss Michael Ripps |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) |  May 4, 1990 May 9, 1991 February 21, 1992 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
Short Time is a 1990 comedy action crime movie directed by Gregg Champion which stars Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer and Teri Garr.
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[edit] Plot
Seattle detective Burt Simpson (Coleman) is mistakenly told he has two weeks to live due to a medical mix-up after a routine checkup. He finds out that his family will not be entitled to his retirement fund if he dies of natural causes; they can only get benefits if he is killed in the line of duty. For the remainder of the movie, he takes greater and greater risks in the hopes that a suspect ends up killing him.
[edit] Cast
Dabney Coleman as Burt Simpson
Matt Frewer as Ernie Dills
Teri Garr as Carolyn Simpson
Barry Corbin as Captain
Joe Pantoliano as Scalese
Xander Berkeley as Stark
[edit] DVD Releases
The film was released on Region 2 DVD by Carlton International Media UK in 2002. It has only had a VHS release in the USA and never released on Region 1 DVD.
[edit] Rating
Short Time was rated PG-13 by the MPAA in America and rated M in Australia.
[edit] External links
- Short Time at the Internet Movie Database
- Short Time at AllRovi
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