The Clearing

The Clearing

Infobox_Film
name = The Clearing


director = Pieter Jan Brugge
producer = Pieter Jan Brugge
Jonah Smith
writer = Justin Haythe
starring = Robert Redford
Helen Mirren
Willem Dafoe
distributor = Fox Searchlight Pictures
music =
cinematography = Denis Lenoir
editing =
released = August 20, 2004
runtime = 95 min
language =
imdb_id = 0331952
budget =

"The Clearing" is a 2004 drama / thriller film, and is a directorial debut by Pieter Jan Brugge, an Academy Award nominated producer. The film is loosely based on the real-life kidnapping of Gerrit Jan Heijn that took place in the Netherlands in 1987. The screenplay was written by Justin Haythe. The film went direct-to video in the United Kingdom. The film was shot in and around Asheville, North Carolina.

Plot

Wayne Hayes (played by Redford), and his wife Eileen (played by Mirren) are living the American dream, having raised two children and built up a successful business from scratch. He is looking forward to a peaceful retirement with Eileen. However, everything changes when Wayne is kidnapped in broad daylight by a former employee, Arnold Mack (played by Dafoe). While Wayne tries negotiating with the kidnapper for his life, and Eileen tries to secure her husband's release, she finds herself being investigated by the FBI.

The kidnapping causes Wayne and Eileen to reevaluate their relationship, after Eileen discovers that Wayne has continued an extramarital affair that he promised to end months previously. Eileen begins to wonder whether she should pay the ransom, as it increasingly appears unlikely that Wayne will be safely released.

However, Eileen's efforts to secure Wayne's release turn out to have been in vain, as Wayne was murdered by Arnold early in the kidnapping. Eileen's ordeal takes place over the course of a week, while Wayne is only held for a day before he is killed. The time discrepancy is only revealed towards the end of the movie, and until then it seems that Wayne and Eileen's experiences are occurring simultaneously.

Cast

*Robert Redford — Wayne Hayes
*Helen Mirren — Eileen Hayes
*Willem Dafoe — Arnold Mack
*Alessandro Nivola — Tim Hayes
*Matt Craven — Agent Ray Fuller
*Melissa Sagemiller — Jill Hayes
*Wendy Crewson — Louise Miller
*Larry Pine — Tom Finch
*Diana Scarwid — Eva Finch

External links

*imdb title | id=0331952| title=The Clearing
* [http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/theclearing/ Official site]


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