Panic Room (2002)

A woman and her teenage daughter become imprisoned in the panic room of their own house by 3 criminals.

Director:

David Fincher

Writer:

David Koepp

Stars:

Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jodie Foster	...	Meg Altman
Kristen Stewart	...	Sarah Altman
Forest Whitaker	...	Burnham
Dwight Yoakam	...	Raoul
Jared Leto	...	Junior
Patrick Bauchau	...	Stephen Altman
Ann Magnuson	...	Lydia Lynch
Ian Buchanan	...	Evan Kurlander
Andrew Kevin Walker	...	Sleepy Neighbor
Paul Schulze	...	Officer Keeney
Mel Rodriguez	...	Officer Morales
Richard Conant	...	SWAT Cop
Paul Simon	...	SWAT Cop
Victor Thrash	...	SWAT Cop
Ken Turner	...	SWAT Cop

Storyline

Recently divorced Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don't stop there. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room.

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Plot Keywords:

panic | panic room | brownstone | money | burglar | 

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Taglines:

It was supposed to be the safest room in the house

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Safe Room

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$48,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,022,582 (UK) (3 May 2002)

Gross:

£8,202,281 (UK) (14 June 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Hofflund/Polone, Indelible Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Darius Khondji left the project after just two weeks into principal photography. He was still credited as co-D.O.P in the opening credits.

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Goofs

As we know from the prologue when Evan is showing the panic room to Meg, the panic room door makes a lot of noise when opening and closing. Therefore, when she runs out to get her phone, the intruders would have heard it immediately.

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Quotes

Stephen Altman: Meg, why are we doing this?
Meg: Because that's what its going to come to.

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Crazy Credits

special thanks to the residents of West 94th Steet, Manhattan

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Connections

Referenced in Exhuming 'The Messengers' (2007)

User Reviews

Severely underrated

Way ahead of it's time. If you can come up with a story based in a single room and make it as engaging and exciting as this one... you deserve to be frozen and preserved for future teaching of inspiring film makers. This is a fantastic film and I'm glad Jodie Foster was available for the lead when Nicole Kidman got knocked up and bailed. I loved the off-character casting of Jared Leto and the unbelievable casting of Dwight Yoakam... DWIGHT YOAKAM. Everything worked. Another great, and yet again... underrated film by David Fincher. How long is it going to take for an established directed like Fincher to take a chance and roll the dice on trying to make a script like this work again? ...No one has the guts.