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08/12/2000 Thriller, Action, Drama 2h 15m
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For her, it's personal. For him, it's a contract.

Overview

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.

  1. Taylor Hackford

    Director

  2. Tony Gilroy

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Meg Ryan

    Alice Bowman

  2. Russell Crowe

    Terry Thorne

  3. David Morse

    Peter Bowman

  4. Pamela Reed

    Janis Goodman

  5. David Caruso

    Dino

  6. Anthony Heald

    Ted Fellner

  7. Stanley Anderson

    Jerry

  8. Gottfried John

    Eric Kessler

  9. Alun Armstrong

    Wyatt

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-06-20
We're out of miracles.

Russell Crowe would of course come to be better known elsewhere (filmicly) in this year, but what of his other release in 2000? Proof of Life is a blender, a picture that is in part thriller, part romance, part drama and part observation on a very real life problem - that of kidnapping for ransom. So many genres to tackle means that invariably Taylor Hackford's film feels over stuffed, pushing the running time to two hours and fifteen minutes, it is this that hurts it. A shame because if trimmed of the pointless filler and drawn out sequences then there is a very effi...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$65,000,000.00

Revenue
$62,761,005.00

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