<P> Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher , produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber , and written by Peter Filardi . It stars Kiefer Sutherland , Julia Roberts , William Baldwin , Oliver Platt , and Kevin Bacon . The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near - death experiences . The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University ( Chicago ) between October 1989 and January 1990 , and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 ( Charles L. Campbell and Richard C. Franklin ) . The film was theatrically released on August 10 , 1990 , by Columbia Pictures . It grossed $61 million at the box office . A remake , directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev , was released in September 2017 . </P>
<P> Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher , produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber , and written by Peter Filardi . It stars Kiefer Sutherland , Julia Roberts , William Baldwin , Oliver Platt , and Kevin Bacon . The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near - death experiences . The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University ( Chicago ) between October 1989 and January 1990 , and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 ( Charles L. Campbell and Richard C. Franklin ) . The film was theatrically released on August 10 , 1990 , by Columbia Pictures . It grossed $61 million at the box office . A remake , directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev , was released in September 2017 . </P>
when did the original flatliners movie come out
when did the original flatliners movie come out
1990
1990