Abandon (film)

Infobox Film
name = Abandon


producer =
director = Stephen Gaghan
writer = Stephen Gaghan
starring = Katie Holmes,
Benjamin Bratt,
Zooey Deschanel,
Elizabeth Whitmere,
and Fred Ward
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Paramount Pictures (USA)
Buena Vista International
(non-USA, licensee of Spyglass Entertainment)
released = October 18, 2002
runtime = 99 minutes
language = English
amg_id = 1:265931
imdb_id = 0267248

"Abandon" is an American thriller film released by Paramount Pictures in the US and Buena Vista Distribution internationally in 2002. Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, Abandon stars Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (played by Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall. It is based on the book "Adams Fall" by Sean Desmond. Incidentally, the book was re-titled [Savelloni, Matthew. [http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/screen/7.html "FROM PRINT TO SCREEN"] Retrieved June 12, 2006.] "Abandon" for the movie tie-in paperback printing.

The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel and Elizabeth Whitmere, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It received generally negative reviews, with "Variety" magazine dismissing it as "a tricked-up "Fatal Attraction" wannabe". [McCarthy, Todd. [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117919071&categoryid=31&cs=1 "Abandon"] . "Variety". October 18 2002. Retrieved February 19 2006.] Coincidentally, "Fatal Attraction" was also released by Paramount.

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*imdb title|id=0267248|title=Abandon
* [http://www.booksnbytes.com/reviews/desmond_adamsfall.html Review of the book on which the film is based] , "Adams Fall" by Sean Desmond.
* [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/abandon "Abandon"] at Metacritic
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=1&res=980DE3D8153DF93BA25753C1A9649C8B63&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print NYT review] .