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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   2,452 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:
A solid thriller 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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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 really had braces put on his teeth for his role as Harry, rather than get fake ones put in every day. He realized this was a mistake when he realized that he couldn't get into a fight at a bar because his upper lip would be destroyed by the braces. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: On the subway train the sound of the baby crying can be heard but the in the video the baby is clearly not crying. more
Quotes:
Harry: Madeline...
Madeline Foster: Yes?
Harry: You're... You're free now.
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References "Let's Make a Deal" (1963) more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
A solid thriller, 11 March 2004
Author: Stephen Bailey (diana@bailey6770.fsnet.co.uk) from Lincoln England

More articulate people than myself have said it all; but I'll have a go anyway :) Oxygen is a tightly paced and utterly watchable thriller about a female detective (Maura Tierney) on the trail of a psychopathic kidnapper (Adrian Brody) and his buried-alive victim, while fighting demons of her own. The 2 leads are both astonishing. Maura Tierney is SO beautiful and SO talented it's almost indecent :) She has such a thoughtful / intelligent face and completely captivated me with her role in Liar Liar. She's just as good in this movie too. Bruce Almighty might have been half decent if MS Tierney had played the role Jennifer Aniston so completely messed up!! Adrien Brody is another fantastically talented actor yet to get the 'star' status he deserves. He was brilliant in The Pianist and he's brilliant here too. His character was very very scarey. So. Well worth watching.

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