Death Watch

The film is set in a future where death from illness has become extremely unusual. When Katherine Mortenhoe is diagnosed as having an incurable disease, she becomes a celebrity and is besieged by journalists. The television company NTV (headed by Vincent Ferriman) offers her a large sum of money if she will allow her last days to be filmed and made into a reality television show. She evades NTV's employees and goes on the run with the assistance of a casual acquaintance called Roddy (Harvey Keitel)