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MONEY
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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Surveillance
2008 1h 37m EN
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6.0
MID
★6.0TMDB · 373
HorrorThrillerMystery
Synopsis
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An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Julia Ormond
Elisabeth Anderson
Bill Pullman
Sam Hallaway
Pell James
Bobbi Prescott
Ryan Simpkins
Stephanie
Cheri Oteri
Mom
Michael Ironside
Billings
French Stewart
Jim Conrad
Kent Harper
Bennett
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jennifer Lynch
- Writers
- Kent Harper, Jennifer Lynch
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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MONEY
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Earned back only 33% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 18 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Jennifer Lynch, shot by Peter Wunstorf. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Todd Bryanton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Daryl K. Davis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman and Pell James carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0409345 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jennifer Lynch directs. Peter Wunstorf behind the camera. Todd Bryanton scores. Daryl K. Davis cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 33% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 18 years ago.
- 4Directed by Jennifer Lynch, shot by Peter Wunstorf. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Todd Bryanton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Daryl K. Davis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman and Pell James carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt0409345 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 15 themes, including "dying and death", "police", "sadism", "mass murder".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Peter Wunstorf
- Original score
- Todd Bryanton
- Editing
- Daryl K. Davis
- Production design
- Sara McCudden
- Costume design
- Cathy McComb
- Makeup / hair
- Zinka Tuminski
- Runtime
- 97 min · 1h 37m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,500,000
- Box office
- $1,138,322
- Return
- 33% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Awards
- Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Jennifer Lynch
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Selected frames
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Production companies
Who made it
- SE
See Film
US
Blue Rider Pictures
US
- LA
Lago Films
US
Key crew
- ProducerMarco Mehlitz
- Executive ProducerGary Hamilton
- Executive ProducerWalter Josten
- ProducerKent Harper
- Executive ProducerJeff Geoffray
- ProducerStephen Onda
- Production DesignSara McCudden
- EditorDaryl K. Davis
- Costume DesignCathy McComb
- CastingLina Todd
- Executive ProducerDavid Lynch
- ProducerDavid Michaels
- Stunt DoubleJanene Carleton
- CarpenterDaniel McKay
- Art Department CoordinatorShelly Bowes-Cherry
- Co-Costume DesignerSonja Clifton-Remple
- Key Hair StylistZinka Tuminski
- Set DecorationAndrea Spakowski
- Key Hair StylistLisa Campbell
- Makeup Department HeadTracy George
- Script SupervisorLisa Falk
- StuntsRick Skene
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- dying and death
- police
- sadism
- mass murder
- fbi
- camera
- investigation
- lovers
- murder
- series of murders
- drugs
- witness to murder
- surveillance
- woman director
- murder hunt
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-02-08R
