Proof of Life (2000)

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Directed by

Taylor Hackford

Starring (View all)

Meg Ryan
Alice Bowman

Russell Crowe
Terry Thorne

David Morse
Peter Bowman

Pamela Reed
Janis Goodman

David Caruso
Dino

Anthony Heald
Ted Fellner

Stanley Anderson
Jerry

Gottfried John
Eric Kessler

Written by

Tony Gilroy
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An average movie

11 years, 6 months ago at Jun 8 8:19

johanlefourbe

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this flick. Indeed, it had a pretty lousy reputation but since I have a weak spot for Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan, I thought I should give it a try. To my surprise, it turned to be a rather decent thriller. Basically, it is one of those movies which got a bad rep not because it was actually bad but because of all the shenanigans surrounding the production. Ind... read more

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Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.

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" Proof of Life is a 2000 American action thriller film directed and produced by Taylor Hackford, and starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. The title refers to a phrase commonly used to indicate proof that a kidnap victim is still alive. The film's screenplay was written by Tony Gilroy, who also was an executive producer, and was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair magazine article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade, and Thomas Hargrove's book Long March to Freedom, in which Hargrove rec"

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