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Proof of Life
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Proof ; Neither Fish Nor Fowl
I had fully intended to see Proof of Life when it was released late last year. One thing led to another, however, and it was gone before I made the opportunity. So I was thrilled when I found that the video would be shown during our recent cruise.
Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe are among my...
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There's enough beef, but where's the action?
Oh wow, only 75 reviews of Proof Of Life so far at Epinions? I guess this movie isn't very popular, huh? I remember back when Mission Impossible 2 came out and I saw it opening night, went to write my review the next day and there were already nearly 100 epinions on it. Anyhow, I digress....
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Gringo
This is your typical hero movie starring Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan. I enjoyed the plot, although the romance scene threw me of course. The smoking in this movie could have been kept to a minimum.
Meg Ryan played as the character Alice in Proof of Life. Her husband in the movie was a...
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Around the world between 20000 and 50000 people are kidnapped each year. In Taylor Hackford's suspense-filled adventure film American businessman Peter Bowman David Morse is traveling in a Latin American country when a group of criminals take him as their hostage and hold him for ransom. The megacorporation he works for sends in an expert hostage negotiator Terry Thorne Russell Crowe to settle on a ransom with the kidnappers an antigovernment faction. Thorne earns the reluctant trust of Bowman's wife Alice Meg Ryan and begins trying to win Bowman's freedom but conflict with Bowman's employers missteps with the kidnappers and Thorne's growing attraction to Alice threaten to derail his efforts. Crowe and Ryan are excellent as thrown-together allies under pressure and Morse's descent from collected businessman to desperate hostage anchors the film. Watch for former NYPD BLUE sensation David Caruso as Crowe's partner. PROOF OF LIFE is based on an article entitled "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" written by William Prochnau which was published in the May 1998 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
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Proof of Life DVD
Around the world between 20000 and 50000 people are kidnapped each year. In Taylor Hackford's suspense-filled adventure film American businessman Peter Bowman David Morse is traveling in a Latin American country when a group of criminals take him as their hostage and hold him for ransom. The megacorporation he works for sends in an expert hostage negotiator Terry Thorne Russell Crowe to settle on a ransom with the kidnappers an antigovernment faction. Thorne earns the reluctant trust of Bowman's wife Alice Meg Ryan and begins trying to win Bowman's freedom but conflict with Bowman's employers missteps with the kidnappers and Thorne's growing attraction to Alice threaten to derail his efforts. Crowe and Ryan are excellent as thrown-together allies under pressure and Morse's descent from collected businessman to desperate hostage anchors the film. Watch for former NYPD BLUE sensation David Caruso as Crowe's partner. PROOF OF LIFE is based on an article entitled "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" written by William Prochnau which was published in the May 1998 issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
| Stock Availability: | In stock |
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| Shipping: | $1.99 |
| Total Price: | $10.98 |
Product Details and Features
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| Stars | Meg Ryan | |
| Actors | Pamela Reed | |
| Available Formats | VHS | |
| Directors | Taylor Hackford | |
| UPC | 012569681330 | |
| Genre | Action/Adventure | |
| Subgenre | Theatrical Release | |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) | |
| Release Date | 2000 | |
| Running Time | 2hr 15min | |
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| Original Language | English | |
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| Screenwriter | Tony Gilroy | |
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| (12/01/2000, p.13-52, Kirk Honeycutt): "...PROOF OF LIFE is a first-rate thriller that also manages to be an intimate drama, a journalistic investigation and a political farce..." | ||
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