The Clearing (2004)
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
- Date of release
- 2004-07-02
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (268)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Director
- Pieter Jan Brugge
Casting
- Robert Redford — Wayne Hayes
- Helen Mirren — Eileen Hayes
- Willem Dafoe — Arnold Mack
- Alessandro Nivola — Tim Hayes
- Matt Craven — Ray Fuller
- Melissa Sagemiller — Jill Hayes
- Wendy Crewson — Louise Miller
- Larry Pine — Tom Finch
- Diana Scarwid — Eva Finch
- Elizabeth Ruscio — Cindy Mack
- Gwen McGee — Kathleen Duggan
- Sarah Koskoff — Lane Hayes
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pittsburgh and North Carolina
The Clearing is a 2004 American crime thriller film and the directorial debut of film producer Pieter Jan Brugge. The film is loosely based on the real-life kidnapping and murder of Dutch businessman Gerrit Jan Heijn that took place in the Netherlands in 1987. The screenplay was written by Justin Haythe.
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