Walking After Midnight (1988 film)

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Walking After Midnight
Directed byJonathan Kay
Starring Ringo Starr (narration)
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
92 mins
CountryCanada

Walking After Midnight is a 1988 Canadian documentary film directed by Jonathan Kay. It screened in the Perspectives Canada section of the Toronto Festival of Festivals in late 1988. [1] The film features celebrities from film and music, as well as the Dalai Lama, discussing reincarnation and speculating on their past lives. [2] [3] Narrated by Ringo Starr, [4] it includes appearances by Martin Sheen, James Coburn, k.d. lang, Willie Nelson, Donovan, Catherine Oxenberg, Rae Dawn Chong [2] and Helen Shaver. [3]

The stories are supported by musical accompaniment [2] and partly told through re-enactments. [3] Sheen recalls a near-death experience he had while filming Apocalypse Now in the 1970s, and Lang asserts that in a past life she was country singer Patsy Cline. [2]

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