In the Cut

Infobox Film
name = In the Cut

caption = Promotional poster for the film.
director = Jane Campion
producer = Nicole Kidman Laurie Parker
writer = Jane Campion Susanna Moore (novel) Stavros Kazantzidis
narrator =
starring = Meg Ryan Mark Ruffalo Jennifer Jason Leigh
music = Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
cinematography = Dion Beebe
editing = Alexandre de Franceschi
distributor = Screen Gems Columbia Pictures Pathé
released = flagicon|Canada September 9, 2003 flagicon|US October 22, 2003
runtime = 119 min.
country = US
language = English
budget =
gross = $23,726,793
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:282775
imdb_id = 0199626

"In the Cut" is a 2003 American/British/Australian crime/erotic thriller film written and directed by New Zealand director Jane Campion. It stars Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and has an uncredited appearance from Kevin Bacon. It is based on a Susanna Moore novel, and has been released on DVD.

Plot

Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a lonely New York City high school English teacher, who is compiling a dictionary of urban slang with the help of one of her students. Frannie "discovers the darker side of passion" [ [http://movies.about.com/cs/mylifewithoutme/a/markruffalolife_3.htm In the Cut Movie - Mark Ruffalo Interview ] ] after becoming involved with a tough homicide detective investigating a series of murders in her neighborhood. As the plot develops, she begins to wonder if the detective (Mark Ruffalo) might be the murderer, but remains curious and passionate. When Frannie's younger half-sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is decapitated by the murderer, her doubts about the detective increase, despite her inability to distance herself from him. Finally convinced of his guilt, Frannie runs away from the detective, only to fall deeper into the web of the real murderer.

Cast

* Meg Ryan as Frannie Averey
* Mark Ruffalo as Detective Giovanni Malloy
* Jennifer Jason Leigh as Pauline Averey

Production

Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion spent five years developing the film. This is Kidman's producing "début".
Nicole Kidman was originally cast as Frannie, but dropped out because she was divorcing and needed more time with her children; Meg Ryan was hired.

Nudity and sex scenes

The unrated version is notorious for a scene of apparent unsimulated fellatio witnessed by Meg Ryan's character, although it was later revealed in the film commentary that the actress fellated a dildo. The film is noted for being the first time actress Meg Ryan appears fully nude in a film. Actor Mark Ruffalo is also noted for exposing his penis for a brief moment after his character performs oral sex on Meg Ryan's.

Cultural references

*"In the Cut " is referenced in the 2007 Judd Apatow film "Knocked Up" citing all the moments where Meg Ryan appears nude.
*The film is also referenced in the Family Guy episode, I Take Thee, Quagmire. Stewie, trying to give up breast milk, says, "I rented "In the Cut". Meg Ryan topless. No Thanks."

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