Don't Say a Word (2001)

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...

Director:

Gary Fleder

Writers:

Andrew Klavan (novel), Anthony Peckham (screenplay),

Stars:

Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Douglas	...	Dr. Nathan R. Conrad
Sean Bean	...	Patrick Koster
Brittany Murphy	...	Elisabeth Burrows
Skye McCole Bartusiak	...	Jessie Conrad
Guy Torry	...	Dolen
Jennifer Esposito	...	Detective Sandra Cassidy
Shawn Doyle	...	Russel Maddox
Victor Argo	...	Sydney Simon
Conrad Goode	...	Max Dunlevy
Paul Schulze	...	Jake
Lance Reddick	...	Arnie
Famke Janssen	...	Aggie Conrad
Oliver Platt	...	Dr. Louis Sachs
Aidan Devine	...	Leon Edward Croft
Alex Campbell	...	Jonathan

Storyline

A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediately kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him.

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Plot Keywords:

psychiatrist | post traumatic stress | burial | greed | outlaw gang | 

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Taglines:

...I'll never tell.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, including some gruesome images, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Fox

Country:

USA Australia Switzerland Canada

Language:

English Italian Chinese

Release Date:

28 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ni una palabra

Filming Locations:

Hart Island, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£597,896 (UK) (22 February 2002)

Gross:

£1,757,429 (UK) (15 March 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Regency Enterprises, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Canal Street subway station was actually filmed in Toronto's "Bay Lower" unused subway station. $150,000 was spent on set dressing alone. The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) was so impressed with the New York conversion that they actually requested the set to be left up after filming was completed to attract future filming revenue. The set remained for about three weeks until TTC fire inspectors deemed the set a hazard (steel girders, signs and benches were plastic and wood), so the set was torn down and disposed of.

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Goofs

When the coroner is conducting the autopsy we first see the body on its back. In the next scene the body has been turned to lie on its front without us seeing the coroner flip it over.

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Quotes

Aggie Conrad: You brush your teeth?
Jessie Conrad: Yep!
Aggie Conrad: Let me smell?
Jessie Conrad: [opens mouth]
Aggie Conrad: Mmmmm delicious.

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Connections

Referenced in You Know What's Bullshit: Hotel TV's (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Pink Toenails"
Written by Laura Lynch Tull and Martie Maguire (as Martie (Erwin) Seidel)
Sung a cappella by Skye McCole Bartusiak

User Reviews

Decent Kidnap Story Worth One Look

Here's another interesting kidnap story. Sean Bean always plays a believable villain and Michael Douglas usually plays roles that keep the audience's attention....so the almost- two hours go by pretty quickly. The whole cast, actually, pretty good with no one person standing out.

The story loses points because the ending goes on too long and has the standard villain-holds-the-gun-and-doesn't shoot-too long cliché which drives critics, me included crazy. That, and a bit too many f-words in here by the female cop (Jennifer Esposito) which simply aren't necessary, and a few other holes all reduce this from a sure 9-star to an "8.....but don't misunderstand: it's worth a look.