Directed by Adrian Lyne Written by Bruce Joel Rubin   Cast Tim Robbins ... Jacob Elizabeth Peña ... Jezzie Danny Aiello ... Louis Matt Craven ... Michael Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Paul Jason Alexander ... Geary Patricia Kalember ... Sarah Eriq La Salle ... Frank Ving Rhames ... George Brian Tarantina ... Doug Anthony Alessandro ... Rod Brent Hinkley ... Jerry S. Epatha Merkerson ... Elsa Suzanne Shepherd ... Hospital Receptionist Doug Barron ... Group Leader Jan Saint ... Santa Kisha Skinner ... Street Singer Dion Simmons ... Street Singer Sam Coppola ... Taxi Driver Patty Rosborough ... Drunk Evan O'Meara ... Sam Kyle Gass ... Tony Gloria Irizarry ... Mrs. Carmichael Lewis Black ... Jacob's Doctor Raymond Anthony Thomas ... Policeman Christopher John Fields ... Field Medic (as Christopher Fields) Jaime Perry ... Field Medic Michael Tomlinson ... Field Doctor A.M. Marxuach ... Field Doctor Antonia Rey ... Woman on Subway John Capodice ... Army Officer John Patrick McLaughlin ... Army Officer Bellina Logan ... Emergency Ward Nurse Scott Cohen ... Resident Doctor Davidson Thomson ... Evil Doctor Bryan Larkin ... Jed B.J. Donaldson ... Eli Thomas A. Carlin ... Doorman Carol Schneider ... Nurse Becky Ann Baker ... Nurse Diane Kagan ... Nurse Billie Neal ... Della Mike Stokie ... Field Sergeant James Ellis Reynolds ... EMT Bearer Dennis Rubin Green ... Attendant (as Dennis Green) Brad Hamler ... Orderly Byron Minns ... Orderly (as Byron Keith Minns) Reggie McFadden ... Partygoer Stephanie Berry ... Partygoer Chris Murphy ... Partygoer John-Martin Green ... Partygoer Arleigh Richards ... Paul's Wife Ann Pearl Gary ... Mourner Barbara Gruen ... Mourner Joe Quintero ... Street Kid John Louis Fischer ... Machine Gunner Alva Williams ... Masked Man Elizabeth Abassi ... Hospital Patient Nora Burns ... Hospital Patient Alison Gordy ... Hospital Patient Jessica Roberts ... Hospital Patient Holly Kennedy ... Hospital Patient Blanche Irwin Stuart ... Hospital Patient Perry Lang ... Jacob's Assailant Uncredited Cast José Alvarez ... Factory Worker Robert Baglia ... Tommy, Patient John D. Bair ... Commuter Steve Baker ... Pool Player Orson Bean ... Himself - Game Show Panelist (archive footage) Macaulay Culkin ... Gabe Ray DeFeis ... Straight Jacket Patient Ed Jupp Jr. ... Eyeless Doctor Produced by Mario Kassar   Alan Marshall   Bruce Joel Rubin   Andrew G. Vajna   Original Music by Maurice Jarre

Additional Info Premiere: October 29, 1990 Theatrical Release: November 02, 1990 DVD Release: July 14, 1998 Blu-ray Release: September 14, 2010 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Carolco Pictures Distributors TriStar Pictures   (1990) (USA) (theatrical) Image Entertainment   (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Live Home Video   (1991) (USA) (VHS) Avid Home Entertainment   (1994) (USA) (VHS) Artisan Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) (special edition) Pioneer Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) International Video Entertainment (IVE)   (USA) (VHS) Paramount Domestic Television   (2002) (USA) (TV) Trifecta Entertainment and Media   (2017) (USA) (TV) (syndicated print) Worldvision Enterprises   (1998) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating 5.8 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,461 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,457 Eraser (1996) #1,458 The Jacket (2005) #1,459 Scream VI (2023) #1,460 Doom (2005) #1,461 Jacob's Ladder (1990) #1,462 Deliverance (1972) #1,463 Gothika (2003) #1,464 Ms. Marvel: Season 1 (2022) #1,465 The Amityville Horror (2005)