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At First Sight

Year:

1999

Duration:

128 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Irwin Winkler

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1999-01-15

Filming Locations: Lenox Hill Hospital, 210 E. 64th. St., New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $60,000,000

Opening Weekend: $8,444,321 (USA) (17 January 1999)

Gross: $22,326,247 (USA) (28 March 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Carl J. Matusovich

Val Kilmer

Virgil Adamson

Mira Sorvino

Amy Benic

Kelly McGillis

Jennie Adamson

Steven Weber

Duncan Allanbrook

Bruce Davison

Dr. Charles Aaron

Nathan Lane

Phil Webster

Ken Howard

Virgil's Father

Laura Kirk

Betsy Ernst

Margo Winkler

Nancy Bender

Diana Krall

Singer

Brett Robbins

Ethan

Willie C. Carpenter

Jack Falk (as Willie Carpenter)

Charles Winkler

Health Instructor

Drena De Niro

Caroline

Kelly Chapman

Susan (as Kelly Chapman Meyer)

Jack Dodick

Dr. Goldman

Nina Griscom

Christie Evans

Mort Zuckerman

Homeless Man (as Mortimer B. Zuckerman)

Gene Kirkwood

Marshall

Richard Euell

Carl Kipling

John Guidera

Virgil's Co-Worker (as John W. Guidera)

Jack Cooper

Overweight Man

Jennifer Wachtell

Eva

Marty Davey

School Mother

Ben Wolfe

Bass Player

Casey W. Harris

Casey

Ricky Trammell

Loft D.J.

J.P. Patterson

Waiter

Bonnie Deutsch

Worker

Sheryl Allington Carter

Reporter

Oliver Sacks

Reporter

Angela Wang

Reporter

Claude Ravier

Reporter

Robert Philip Marcus

Carpenter

Dar Billingham

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Daryl Burton

Party Guest (uncredited)

Elena Christiana

Hockey Fan (uncredited)

Natalie Diorio

Aerobics Instructor (uncredited)

Daniel Franco

Running Man (uncredited)

Wayne Gretzky

Himself (uncredited)

Linda Harmon

Singer (uncredited)

Rob Harris

Casey's Dad (uncredited)

Elizabeth Hipwell

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Raisa Ivanic

Raisa (uncredited)

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Passerby (uncredited)

Crystal Rose

Ice Skater (uncredited)

Nick Stellate

Businessman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Val Kilmer prepared for his role by studying with a sculptor friend of his in New Mexico who had lost his sight in Vietnam.

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Cast member Drena De Niro is the daughter of Robert De Niro, who also played a fictionalized patient of Oliver Sachs in Awakenings (1990).

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There have been several references to Val Kilmer in the hit sitcom Friends (1994) with the most notable being when Ross rented Val Kilmer's jacket that he wore to the 'At First Sight' premiere.

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Goofs

When the doctors were operating on Virgil's eyes, you see his right eye closed as if he were sleeping normally. If they hadn't already operated on it, it would have been taped shut. If they had operated on it, it would have been covered with gauze which would be taped on his face.

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At the end of the movie Virgil and Amy walk away and Virgil is letting his new guide dog lead him. The guide dog walks straight past the curbside obstacle without hesitation. No working guide dog would have missed this obstacle, it is too inbred during their training. Missing an obstacle of this magnitude would have called for, at the very least, a firm word of caution if not a subtle leash correction. The guide dog would have also stopped to check for traffic as Virgil did not seem to be paying attention.

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While walking downtown, Virgil is holding Amy's arm, and when the camera switches angles, she is holding his arm. A second later, he is holding her arm again.

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Quotes

Virgil: She smelled like cinnamon and nutmeg.

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Virgil: I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

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Ethan: Are you blind?

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