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Category Suspense DVDs, Dramas Movies, Family Videos, Mystery, Kidnapping And Missing Persons, Betrayal, Family Life, Love Affairs, Deception, Family Relations, FBI Agents, Money
Starring Robert Redford, Willem Dafoe, Helen Mirren, Alessandro Nivola, Matt Craven, Melissa Sagemiller
Director Pieter Jan Brugge
Composer Craig Armstrong
Director of Photography Denis Lenoir
Producer Pieter Jan Brugge, Jonah Smith, Palmer West, Karen Tenkoff
Screenwriter Justin Haythe
Story Pieter Jan Brugge
Closed Captioned; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack French; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Director's Comments

In its chilling opener, THE CLEARING paints a classic portrait of rich man vs. poor man, showing the morning routines of two very similar characters. Though they are both white, middle-aged, and of middle-class stature, the nuances that differentiate them--their houses, their wives, their clothing--jump off the screen with stark clarity. With a slightly jumbled chronology, the subsequent events come not with shock but with devastating realness. Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) is in his Lexus on his way to work when Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) kidnaps him. It all happens calmly with purposeful execution. Mack wants money, and will use Hayes as ransom to get it. The film then turns to Hayes' elegant wife (Helen Mirren, who is a tour-de-force in this quietly emotive role) and well-bred family, who are saddled with a ransom negotiator and FBI surveillance, and are forced to face the tragedy. With no outright violence, no sudden bursts of surprise, and no wasted time, THE CLEARING is a captivating, masterful suspense thriller. Debut director Pieter Jan Brugge works from a screenplay by Justin Haythe in telling this deeply unsettling tale. Hayes and Mack (the superb and intense pairing of Redford and Dafoe) argue their opposite points of view through conversations about family, morality, and power. Meanwhile, safe at home, Hayes' wife undergoes ups and downs reevaluating her marriage and her love for her husband as investigators dig through the intricacies and secrets of their lives.

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"[Redford] gives a performance of quiet, riveting intensity..." -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"[I]t's a meditation on midlife weaknesses and compensations in which the camera idles for relatively infinite stretches on the handsomely etched faces of serious actors over the age of 45..." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"THE CLEARING showcases first-rate, subtle work by three veteran performers....Dafoe captures the submerged anger of a man who feels ignored and invisible, while Redford also does an excellent job of conveying his captor's arrogance..." -- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life

"THE CLEARING is an intelligent thriller that adroitly explores a longtime marriage..."-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

"[D]istinguished by the most forceful Redford performance in a decade."-- Mike Clark, USA Today

"[A] superior thriller that depends more on psychology than formula..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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List Price $9.98 (You save $2.99)
Studio 20th Century Fox
Orig Year 2004
DVD Encoding Region 1
All Time Sales Rank   23491  
CD Universe Part number 6781103
Catalog number 2225249
Discs 1
Release Date Nov 09, 2004
Rating Not Rated
Running Time 91 Minutes
Additional Info Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
Movie Details Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled
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Region 1
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Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround - Spanish, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: Fox's Inside Look
Audio Commentary: Peter Jan Brugge - Director; Justin Haythe - Writer; Kevin Tent - Editor
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Deleted Scenes: With Optional Director's Commentary (6)
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Additional Text: Screenplay


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