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Virtual Obsession

Movie·1998·Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie·2h 15m·Directed by Mick Garris

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If you were a brilliant young scientist diagnosed with only months to live, what choices would you make? To have faith that you were taken early for a reason and go quietly, or to use cryogenics to hope you could be cured someday in the future, or to download your consciousness into computer memory where you could still continue to interact with the ones you love?

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Peter GallagherPeter GallagherDr. Joe MessengerMimi RogersMimi RogersKaren MessengerJake LloydJake LloydJackAndy ComeauAndy ComeauTom InmanRobert VaughnRobert VaughnAdam SpringBridgette Wilson-SamprasBridgette Wilson-SamprasJuliet SpringLee GarlingtonLee GarlingtonMichael O'NeillMichael O'Neill

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