The night he retires as a Nevada sheriff, Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) pledges to the mother (Patricia Clarkson) of a murdered girl that he will find the killer. Jerry doesn't believe the police arrested the right man. When Jerry becomes close to a single mother, Lori (Robin Wright), he feels he has reason to believe the murderer may be targeting her eight-year-old daughter, and finds himself using her as a decoy in order to bring the killer to justice. |
| Directed
by |
Sean
Penn |
| Writing
Credits |
Friedrich
Dürrenmatt (book) ------- Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenplay) |
| Cast |
Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Patricia
Clarkson, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Costas Mandylor, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Redgrave, Mickey Rourke, Pauline Roberts, Eileen Ryan, Sam Shepard and Harry Dean Stanton. |
| Genre |
Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller |
| Budget |
$45.000.000 |
| Filming
Dates |
14
February - 6 May 2000 |
| Release
Date |
January
19, 2001 |
| Box
Office USA |
$19,733,089 -------- Opening Weekend: $5,765,347 - 1,275 theaters- $4,521 average ------ Widest Release: 1410 Theaters |
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