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2004·Drama·1h 35m
7.0
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Directed by Pieter Jan Brugge
husband wife relationship
ransom
kidnapping
hostage
psychopath
detective
fbi
marriage
forest
based on true story
employee
love
cabin
psychological thriller
pursuit
missing person
marital problem
ransom note
negotiation

Cast

Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Wayne Hayes
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
Eileen Hayes
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Arnold Mack
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Tim Hayes
Matt Craven
Matt Craven
Ray Fuller
Melissa Sagemiller
Melissa Sagemiller
Jill Hayes
Wendy Crewson
Wendy Crewson
Louise Miller
Larry Pine
Larry Pine
Tom Finch
Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid
Eva Finch
Elizabeth Ruscio
Elizabeth Ruscio
Cindy Mack
Gwen McGee
Gwen McGee
Kathleen Duggan
Sarah Koskoff
Sarah Koskoff
Lane Hayes

Crew

Pieter Jan Brugge
Pieter Jan Brugge
Director
Justin Haythe
Justin Haythe
Screenplay
Craig Armstrong
Craig Armstrong
Original Music Composer
Kevin Tent
Kevin Tent
Editor
Pieter Jan Brugge
Pieter Jan Brugge
Producer
Charles Croughwell
Charles Croughwell
Stunt Coordinator
Craig Branham
Craig Branham
Stunt Double
John Rusk
John Rusk
First Assistant Director
Tony Lamberti
Tony Lamberti
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harry Cohen
Harry Cohen
Sound Effects Editor
Caitlin McKenna
Caitlin McKenna
ADR Voice Casting
Lon Bender
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor

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liviming
livimingPRO
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can i get a participation award for trying to get through this?
can i get a participation award for trying to get through this?
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Addie Pray
Addie Pray
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About 30 minutes in, Robert Redford asks Willem Dafoe if he’s always had a moustache. With what I’d like to describe as an inappropriately seductive stare given the situation and question, Willem Dafoe replies “so long as I could grow one” and peels off the fake moustache from his face, while Robert Redford just stares back, dead serious. 

I consider this the only important scene in the film.
About 30 minutes in, Robert Redford asks Willem Dafoe if he’s always had a moustache. With what I’d like to describe as an inappropriately seductive stare given the situation and question, Willem Dafoe replies “so long as I could grow one” and peels off the fake moustache from his face, while Robert Redford just stares back, dead serious. 

I consider this the only important scene in the film.
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Vibeke Hustoeft
Vibeke Hustoeft
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an actual crime to have robert redford AND helen mirren in a movie together and have them barely ineracting
an actual crime to have robert redford AND helen mirren in a movie together and have them barely ineracting
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Joana
Joana
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riley yelvington
riley yelvington
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