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Proof of Life (2000)

R 135 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama  -   8 December 2000 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Taylor Hackford

Writers:

Tony Gilroy, William Prochnau (article) (inspiration), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meg Ryan ...
Russell Crowe ...
David Morse ...
Pamela Reed ...
Janis Goodman
David Caruso ...
Anthony Heald Anthony Heald ...
Ted Fellner
Stanley Anderson ...
Jerry
Gottfried John Gottfried John ...
Eric Kessler
Alun Armstrong ...
Wyatt
Michael Kitchen Michael Kitchen ...
Ian Havery
Margo Martindale ...
Ivy
Mario Ernesto Sánchez Mario Ernesto Sánchez ...
Arturo Fernandez (as Mario Ernesto Sanchez)
Pietro Sibille Pietro Sibille ...
Juaco
Vicky Hernández Vicky Hernández ...
Maria (as Vicky Hernandez)
Norma Martínez Norma Martínez ...
Norma (as Norma Martinez)
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Storyline

In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company's subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt, the oil company washes its hands of the matter and pulls Thorne. Bowman's wife Alice begs him to stay. She and Peter's sister cobble together some money, Thorne talks ransom terms with the cash-strapped rebels, and Peter, chained high in the mountains, is sustained by a photo of Alice. When the politics of the situation change, so must Thorne's strategy. And what can Alice and he do about the attraction growing between them? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Negotiator | Ransom | Money | South America | Insurance  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some drug material See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Russian | Italian | French

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Also Known As:

Prueba de vida See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$10,207,869 (USA) (10 December 2000) (2705 Screens)

Gross:

$32,598,931 (USA) (25 February 2001)
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Color:

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Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The ball cap Peter is wearing when he is kidnapped is from Rice University in Houston,Texas. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: In the final scene, when the helicopter is returning from the retrieval mission, Meg walks up to greet her husband, and she has a huge fever blister on the right side of her upper lip. Later, in that same scene, the fever blister disappears. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Terry Thorne: This is the conclusive ransom report for Mr. Pierre Lenoir. Location, Chechnya. Result, positive.
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Soundtracks

"Muñeca Linda"
Written by Christian Valencia and Alonso Alegria See more »