page_title: Dead Awake (2001 film)
section_title: Synopsis
hierarchical_section_title: Dead Awake (2001 film) / Synopsis
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor Michael Ironside on December 5, 2009
context_page_description: Dead Awake is a 2001 Canadian-American dark comedy thriller film made for television, directed by co-producer Marc S. Grenier and starring Stephen Baldwin, Macha Grenon and Michael Ironside.
context_section_description: Marketing executive Desmond Caine (Stephen Baldwin) is stricken with a bizarre form of insomnia, spending his nights walking the city's dangerous streets at night. Caine ends up at a local deli where he encounters some unusual characters: a nice, if bit lost, young woman (Macha Grenon) and a slightly deranged man who looks homeless (Michael Ironside), and an anti-social policeman.
  During one of his half-hallucinogenic journeys, Caine witnesses a brutal murder. He finds the victim's watch and goes to the police. Returning to the scene, there is no sign of the crime.
  Stranger still, Caine's girlfriend (Maxim Roy) is completely unaware that he gets up at night and wanders the city, while his personal assistant (Janet Kidder) seems to know all about his exploits. 
  The police discover that the murdered man was connected to Caine's girlfriend; no longer only a witness, he is now the prime suspect...
caption: Michael Ironside in 2009
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