Freedomland

Freedomland (2006)

The Truth Is Hiding Where No One Dares To Look.

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Date of release
2006-02-17
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (374)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Director
Joe Roth

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Freedomland

Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama mystery film directed by Joe Roth and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, and Anthony Mackie. It is based on Richard Price's 1998 novel of the same name, which touches on themes of covert racism. Freedomland was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on February 17, 2006. The film performed poorly at the box office, grossing $14.7 million against a $30 million budget, and received mixed-to-negative reviews.

Production

In September 2000, it was reported Paramount Pictures based producer Scott Rudin intended to fast track an adaptation of the Freedomland by Richard Price in the hopes of avoiding potential strikes by the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America. However, by December Rudin was reportedly holding off on moving forward until after the labor disputes had settled and that Sydney Pollack was interested in directing.

Shooting took place mostly in Yonkers, New York.

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