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Hostage
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
2005 · Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri · 113 min · Action · Thriller · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 10 frames
Tagline
Every second counts.
Crew
- Screenplay: Doug Richardson
- Cinematography: Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci
- Edited by: Richard Byard, Olivier Gajan
- Music: Alexandre Desplat
- Production design: Larry Fulton
- Produced by: Mark Gordon, Arnold Rifkin, Bruce Willis, Bob Yari
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Jeff Talley
- Ben Foster as Mars Krupcheck
- Jonathan Tucker as Dennis Kelly
- Jimmy Bennett as Tommy Smith
- Michelle Horn as Jennifer Smith
- Marshall Allman as Kevin Kelly
- Kevin Pollak as Walter Smith
- Rumer Willis as Amanda Talley
- Robert Knepper as Wil Bechler
- Kim Coates as The Watchman
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Yari Film Group, Miramax, Cheyenne Enterprises, Stratus Film Co.
- Budget: $52,000,000
- Box office: $77,944,725
- Themes: kidnapping, fbi, police operation, home invasion, hostage situation, hostage negotiator
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