Patty Hearst (film)

Patty Hearst
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Directed by	Paul Schrader
Screenplay by	Nicholas Kazan
Based on	Every Secret Thing by Patty Hearst with Alvin Moscow
Produced by	Marvin Worth
Starring	Natasha Richardson William Forsythe Ving Rhames Frances Fisher Jodi Long
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Edited by	Michael R. Miller
Music by	Scott Johnson
Distributed by	Atlantic Releasing
Release date	September 23, 1988 (1988-09-23)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,223,326

Patty Hearst is a 1988 American biographical crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader. The film stars Natasha Richardson as Hearst Corporation heiress Patricia Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army leader Cinque. It is based on Hearst's 1982 autobiography Every Secret Thing (co-written with Alvin Moscow), which was later rereleased as Patty Hearst – Her Own Story.

The film depicts the kidnapping of student Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army, her transformation into an active follower of the SLA after a long-lasting imprisonment and process of purported brainwashing, and her final arrest after a series of armed robberies.