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Directed by | Ron Howard |
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Based on | Ransom! 1956 movie Fearful Decision 1954 TV play by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum |
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Cinematography | Piotr Sobociński |
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Music by | James Horner |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution[1] |
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Running time | 121 minutes[1] |
Country | United States[1] |
Language | English |
Budget | $70 million[3] |
Box office | $309.5 million[4] |
Ransom is a 1996 American action thriller film[5] directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon. The film stars Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Brawley Nolte, Liev Schreiber, Donnie Wahlberg and Evan Handler. Gibson was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. The film was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1996 in the United States. The original story came from a 1954 episode of The United States Steel Hour titled "Fearful Decision". In 1956, it was adapted by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum into the feature film, Ransom!, starring Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, and Leslie Nielsen.
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