The Next Three Days (2010)

A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder.

Director:

Paul Haggis

Writers:

Paul Haggis (screenplay), Fred Cavayé (screenplay),

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Russell Crowe	...	John Brennan
Elizabeth Banks	...	Lara Brennan
Michael Buie	...	Mick Brennan
Moran Atias	...	Erit
Remy Nozik	...	Jenna
Toby Green	...	Three Year Old Luke
Tyler Green	...	Three Year Old Luke
Jason Beghe	...	Detective Quinn
Aisha Hinds	...	Detective Collero
Ty Simpkins	...	Luke
Veronica Brown	...	Female Guard 1
Olivia Wilde	...	Nicole
Leslie Merrill	...	Elizabeth Gesas
Alissa Haggis	...	Junkie
Daniel Stern	...	Meyer Fisk

Storyline

Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

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Plot Keywords:

evidence | murder | murder weapon | fingerprints | argument | 

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Taglines:

What if you had 72 hours to save everything you live for?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

GAGA [Japan] Kinowelt [Germany]

Country:

USA France

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Tout pour elle

Filming Locations:

Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,046,333 (UK) (7 January 2011)

Gross:

£2,461,248 (UK) (21 January 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Fidélité Films, Hwy61

Technical Specs

Runtime:

133 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The telephone and fax numbers on the labwork are the actual numbers for Med-Health Services in Monroeville, PA, a real medical lab facility.

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Goofs

Lara is held in the Allegheny County jail for three years after her conviction. Convicted murderers are not held in county jails in PA. She would have only been there temporarily for a pending hearing in Allegheny County Court. Shortly after her conviction, she would have been transferred into the custody of the PA Department of Corrections and transported to the State Correctional Institution at Muncy on the other side of the state for classification to either SCI Muncy or SCI Cambridge Springs.

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Quotes

[first lines]
David: Please, get me to a hospital. I can't breathe. I...

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.43 (2010)

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Soundtracks

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Written by Christian Salyer (as Cadence Blaze), Leeotis Burgess, Beat Mekanic and Allen Maldonado
Performed by DawOne and Skee
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music

User Reviews

Gritty and noir-ish

Another noir French thriller is converted into a 'noir-ish' American thriller. Russell Crowe's slightly thuggish looks make him more convincing as the desperado of the second half than the mild-mannered schoolteacher of the first half. Elizabeth Banks's role as the imprisoned wife is slightly under-written; their cute toddler son steals most of her scenes and even some of Russell's.

The plot takes too long to set up, so the first half of the film is a slow haul. But the last half has almost the cracking pace of a DIE HARD romp. Writer/director Paul Haggis elects to deceive the audience as well as the police who are in close pursuit of the fugitives, which puts this in the tradition of 'classics' like TO CATCH A THIEF and CHARADE. Gritty and enjoyable.