GENERAL INFORMATION
The clock is ticking for Johnny Depp in Nick of Time, a twist-filled, race-against-time thriller directed by John Badham. And indeed it is a race, filmed in "real time" so that onscreen events unfold minute by nail-biting minute as they would in real life.
No sooner does accountant Gene Watson (Depp) arrive at L.A.'s Union station with his six-year-old daughter than he's plunged into a nightmare. Two shadowy strangers (Christopher Walken, Roma Maffia) separate Watson from his little girl, slap a gun into his hand and present a devil's bargain: kill a top government official before she leaves a nearby political rally... or never again see his beloved child.
Director: John Badham
Cast: Johnny Depp, Courtney Chase, Charles Dutton, Christopher Walken, Marsha Mason, Peter Strauss, Gloria Reuben, G.D. Spradlin
Awards & Nominations:
None
ABOUT THIS MOVIE
(Compiled by MrsGarvey)
Quotes from Johnny Depp:
"For me, it's always more difficult to play a square. Playing a real straight guy is a real challenge - and wearing that suit every day! I've never played an executive before."
--Johnny Depp
The Virginian-Pilot
November 1995
"Hey, I don't mind working with kids - [Courtney Chase] was a great kid. She won a lot of money off me. We'd bet on how many takes a scene would require. The bet was $20 each time out. She won about $60. A pretty sharp kid."
--Johnny Depp
The Virginian-Pilot
November 1995
"It's not a conscious attempt to be commercial at all - I read the screenplay and liked it a lot. I was on the edge
of my seat when I read this thing. It reminded me a lot of the old Hitchcock films. I wanted to do it, and I wanted to work with [director] John Badham. I was a big fan of Saturday Night Fever, which he directed; it's a great movie. I also wanted to work with Christopher Walken, whom I've always admired."
--Johnny Depp
Interview magazine
December 1995
"What happened to me for a while is that people started calling me "oddball." They thought I could only play these
outcasts. So, this was a chance to play something really straight."
--Johnny Depp
Interview magazine
December 1995
"I've attempted things in the past where people thought I tried to sell out. For example I did this film "Nick of Time"
with [director] John Badham. I don't know if the film was particularly good. I did that film not for money, or not to sell
out. I didn't think it was going to be successful at all. I didn't care. I did it because I wanted to work with Christopher Walken and I wanted to work with John Badham. The script was very much like an old school Hitchcock film. All of those elements were intriguing to me so I took it."
--Johnny Depp
The Decatur Daily
July 2005
Quotes from others:
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