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Girl in the Box ()


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In 1977, a girl is kidnapped and kept in a coffin-sized box. When her captors let her out, it's only to abuse her horribly. Will she ever escape?

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Colleen Stan
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Cameron Hooker
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Janice Hooker
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Bonnie
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Jack
Shawn Wright ...
Priest #1
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Desk Officer
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Angel
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Amber
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Priest #2
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Man at Lay-By #1
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College Kid #4
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Landlord
Sean Ryan McBride ...
College Kid #2
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College Kid #3 (as Hugh McCrae)
Jabari Overstreet ...
College Kid #1
Robert Peters ...
Janice's Dad
Cisco Saavedra ...
Man at Lay-By #2

Directed by

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Stephen Kemp ... (directed by)

Written by

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Stephen Kemp ... (written by)

Produced by

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Stephen Kemp ... executive producer
Charles Tremayne ... executive producer
Thomas Vencelides ... line producer

Music by

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Owen Belton ... (music by)
Stephen Kemp ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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Fraser Brown ... director of photography

Editing by

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Julian Hart ... (edited by)

Editorial Department

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Marc Bachli ... colorist
Ellen Gurdebeke ... assistant editor
Steve Jones ... on-line editor
Kevin O'Donnell ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Stephanie Gorin

Production Design by

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Andrew Berry

Art Direction by

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Jere Sallee

Set Decoration by

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Aaron Noel

Costume Design by

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Tania Pedro

Makeup Department

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Claudia Breckenridge ... key hair stylist
Jen Fisher ... assistant makeup artist
Oriana Rossi ... assistant makeup artist
Alexandra Rotundo ... key makeup artist (as Alex Rotundo)
Collette Tolen ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Erika Carolan ... production secretary
Andy Nelson ... unit production manager
Alana Omolayole ... jr production manager
Sherri Rufh ... evp production administration
Jacqueline Tam ... post-production supervisor
Lynn van Rooyen ... evp post production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Patrick Arias ... first assistant director
Jesse Daniel Glass ... third assistant director
Larissa Malarek ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Andrew Berry ... production designer
Bill Garber ... lead man
Ryan Lewis ... set dresser
Jasmine Morris ... set dresser
Michael Thompson ... set dresser
Andrew Verkoyen ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Samantha Clare ... foley artist
Brian Eimer ... re-recording mixer / sound designer
Alex Fowles ... foley engineer / sound effects editor
Camille Kennedy ... boom operator
Edward Krupa ... sound mixer (as Ed Krupa)
Josh Vamos ... dialogue editor

Special Effects by

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Jim Jaeger ... rain effects supervisor
Mike Kelly ... rain truck operator

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Michael Hearty ... visual effects (as Michael McDougall)

Stunts

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Matt Birman ... stunt coordinator
Miranda Millar ... stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

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Pratik Bhakri ... generator operator
Bryan Brooks ... gaffer
Christopher Chung ... underwater 1st ac (as Chris Chung)
Adam Crosby ... b-camera operator
Andrew Curr ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Daniel DuGuay ... camera trainee
Darren Goldstein ... still photographer
A.J. Kneip ... camera production assistant
Samuel Lebel-Wong ... best boy electric
Dave Lehleitner ... best boy electric
Lee Lusby ... best boy grip
Michael O'Connor ... generator operator
Tony Ranieri ... key grip
Matt Richardson ... swing
Parco Richardson ... second assistant camera
Brent Robinson ... underwater 1st ac
Sheldon Steinbach ... generator operator
David Stuart ... additional second ac / second assistant camera
Todd N. Thompson ... best boy grip (as Todd Thompson)
Jarrod Wilson ... key grip

Animation Department

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Chris Murch ... assistant animator
Chris Tew ... assistant animator

Casting Department

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Rita Bertucci ... background casting
Jason L. Wood ... casting consultant: Lifetime Television
Laura Durant ... casting director: arizona (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Barb Cardoso ... costume assistant
Jessica Erin Cary ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Gavin Boughner ... assistant location manager
Denton Hanna ... location manager / location manager: Arizona
Brandon Long ... location manager
Alberto Santo Patella ... assistant location manager (as Al Patella)

Music Department

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Alex Khaskin ... incidental music
Russ Mackay ... additional music

Script and Continuity Department

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Brad Wetherly ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Ben Cekuta ... transportation coordinator
Hal Gibson ... picture car coordinator
Bryan Lachance ... driver
James Lewis ... driver
Edward Maldonado ... driver
Rick Paul ... lead driver

Additional Crew

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Guillermo Algerian ... property master
Gillian Ashton ... driver
Cathal Byrne ... production accountant
Scott Corser ... production assistant
Kate Dunn ... production coordinator
Corina Grow ... production assistant
Katina Katadotis ... publicist
Matt Khyn ... production assistant
Vanessa Marra ... publicist
Miranda Millar ... double
Dennis Ranke ... production assistant
Joel Schneider ... production assistant
Joel P. Schneider ... production assistant: on-set
Steve Scott ... driver
Mike Tessier ... prop assistant (as Michael Tessier)
Lisa Vargas ... craft service
James Williams ... production coordinator

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

May 1977. 20-year-old Colleen Stan is hitching from Oregon to California to visit friends. With a little over 40 miles of her journey left, she accepts a lift from a young couple, Cameron and Janice Hooker. It's a fateful decision. Kidnapped at knifepoint, Colleen spends the next seven years imprisoned for up to 23 hours a day in a coffin-sized box hidden beneath her captors' bed. When not incarcerated, she is employed as the Hookers' slave and child-minder, and is gradually drawn into a bizarre and complex world of extreme obsession and fantasy... Based on a true story, "Girl in the Box" is a dark psychological drama told through the eyes of one of the crime's perpetrators, Janice Hooker. Janice came under the spell of the likeable and charismatic Cameron at just 16, but Cameron harbors a dark secret: an insatiable addiction to extreme bondage and S&M. Unable to cope with Cameron's ever-more-extreme demands, Janice strikes a deal: if Cameron will stop using her for his S&M practices and let her have a child, she will allow him to keep a slave. It's a deal with the devil.

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Also Known As
  • La fille dans le cercueil (Canada, French title)
  • Dans l'enfer de la captivité (France)
  • Cautiva en el infierno (Spain)
  • La ragazza nella scatola (Italy)
  • Dziewczyna w skrzyni (Poland)
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  • 87 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The movie is based on a real case that occurred in Red Bluff, a small town in Northern California roughly 3 hours from the border of Oregon. See more »
Goofs Abduction occurred in May of 1977. Hooker's car is 1978 or 79 Toyota Celica (that appears to have at least 10 years of cosmetic wear on it). In a separate documentary, Colleen Stan stated it was a Dodge Colt that stopped. See more »

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