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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   2,455 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Richard Shepard (writer)
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Release Date:
12 November 1999 (USA) more
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Plot:
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Excellent, intelligent film more (51 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Maura Tierney ... Det. Madeline Foster

Adrien Brody ... Harry
James Naughton ... Clark Hannon
Laila Robins ... Frances Hannon

Terry Kinney ... Capt. Tim Foster
Paul Calderon ... Det. Jesse

Dylan Baker ... FBI Agent Jackson Lantham

Olek Krupa ... Madeline's Lover
Frankie Faison ... FBI Agent Phil Kline
Slavko Stimac ... Det. Jerome Jerzy
Michael Henderson ... Greg 'Handsome' Evans
Robert Shepard ... Sal the Bartender

Eddie Perez ... Scary Guy
Gene Canfield ... Joe the Cop

Christopher J. Quinn ... Chris the Cop (as Christopher James Quinn)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
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92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Adrien Brody uses a knife at the end of the movie to cut Maura Tierney's character free from her restraints. This knife actually belongs to Adrien and has made its way into Summer of Sam (1999) as well. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the first car chase immediately after the small red car pulls in front of Harry and Det. Foster the passenger-side door panel can be seen smashed in. This is before any contact between the two cars. more
Quotes:
Harry: Could you do me a favor? Would y'get in the car?
Frances Hannon: What?
Harry: Car. Get in the car. Francis... look at this.
[gestures toward gun]
Harry: Now will you get in the car? Get in the car!
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Movie Connections:
References "Let's Make a Deal" (1963) more

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What was the point of the yellow paint can?
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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent, intelligent film, 29 August 1999
Author: Ed Uthman (uthman@airmail.net) from Houston, Texas

In OXYGEN, Richard Shepard has refined his approach to character-driven crime thrillers first seen in his previous, also excellent film, MERCY. Armed with experience and a bigger budget, Shepard has wrested outstanding performances from Maura Tierney and Adrien Brody, in their best work to date. Both characters are quite believable, and their defects are gently extracted and displayed by the subtle script. There are no stereotypes or one-dimensional characters in the whole film.

This is not to say that this is some esoteric, art-house movie, suitable only for clove-smoking turtleneck-wearers. The action scenes are well-executed and edited. Camera work is very nice; the long Steadicam shot in the train is especially memorable. Tension holds on throughout, and even the asides (such as an FBI agent's humorous soliloquy about the death penalty) integrate well and don't distract.

I sure would like to see what Richard Shepard could do if given some Really Big Bucks.

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