Nightwatch

Nightwatch is a 1997 American horror thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal and starring Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin and Nick Nolte. It was written by Bornedal and Steven Soderbergh. It is a remake of the 1994 Danish film of the same name, which was also directed by Bornedal. Plot Law student Martin Bells is hired as a night watchman at a hospital morgue. A string of gruesome prostitute murders committed by a necrophiliac serial killer quickly point to him as the lead suspect in the investigation carried out by Inspector Thomas Cray. At the same time, Martin slowly discovers clues that point to the real perpetrator. Cast Ewan McGregor as Martin Bells Patricia Arquette as Katherine Josh Brolin as James Gallman Lauren Graham as Marie Nick Nolte as Inspector Thomas Cray Brad Dourif as Duty Doctor Alix Koromzay as Joyce Anais Evans as Leanne Lonny Chapman as Old Watchman Larry Cedar as Waiter (uncredited) Sandra Hess as Student (uncredited) John C. Reilly as Deputy Inspector Bill Davis (uncredited) Production After the original Nattevagten found critical acclaim in 1994, director Ole Bornedal was hired by Dimension Films (who had recently purchased the distribution rights for Nattevagten) to come to the United States and remake the film. The remake was intended to be the first of three films Bornedal would direct for Miramax, the parent company of Dimension.