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MONEY
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Earned back only 22% of its budget on initial theatrical โ a commercial disappointment on release.
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The Contract
"Every killer meets his equal."
2006 1h 36m EN
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5.8TMDB ยท 594
DramaActionThrillerCrime
Synopsis
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Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
โEvery killer meets his equal.โ
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Frank Carden
John Cusack
Ray
Alice Krige
Miles
Megan Dodds
Sandra
Corey Johnson
Davis
Jonathan Hyde
Turner
Bill Smitrovich
Wainwright
Anthony Warren
Royko
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Bruce Beresford
- Writers
- John Darrouzet, Stephen Katz
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, Germany
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ERA
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Released 20 years ago.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Germany.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Bruce Beresford, shot by Dante Spinotti. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Normand Corbeil. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Morgan Freeman and John Cusack and Alice Krige carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Every killer meets his equal.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0445946 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Bruce Beresford directs. Dante Spinotti behind the camera. Normand Corbeil scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, Germany. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 22% of its budget on initial theatrical โ a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 20 years ago.
- 3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Germany.
- 4Directed by Bruce Beresford, shot by Dante Spinotti. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Normand Corbeil. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Morgan Freeman and John Cusack and Alice Krige carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Every killer meets his equal.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0445946 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Dante Spinotti
- Original score
- Normand Corbeil
- Production design
- Herbert Pinter
- Costume design
- Kate Healey
- Stunt coordinator
- Michael Scherer
- Runtime
- 96 min ยท 1h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $5,549,200
- Return
- 22% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Bruce Beresford
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Emmett/Furla Films
US
VIP Medienfonds 4
DE
Revelations Entertainment
US
Millennium Media
US
Nu Image Entertainment
DE
Key crew
- ProducerAndreas Schmid
- ProducerRandall Emmett
- ProducerLes Weldon
- Costume DesignKate Healey
- ProducerDanny Lerner
- ProducerAvi Lerner
- ProducerGeorge Furla
- ProstheticsGary Archer
- StuntsStanimir Stamatov
- Stunt DoubleJophery C. Brown
- In Memory OfStephen Katz
- StuntsTeodora Dimitrova
- StuntsDian Hristov
- Stunt DoubleNeon Cobran
- StuntsDimiter Doichinov
- Stunt DoubleZahari Grozdanov
- StuntsBorislav Iliev
- StuntsRadoslav Ignatov
- StuntsGeorge Karlukovski
- StuntsDanko Jordanov
- StuntsGeorgi Dimitrov
- Stunt DoubleIvailo Dimitrov
- StuntsDejan Angelov
- StuntsAsen Asenov
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- usa president
- hitman
- fbi
- attempted murder
- mission of murder
- serial killer
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Theatrical2006-10-09R
Also known as
International titles
- The Contract - Du kannst niemandem vertrauenDE
- ฮคฮฟ ฯฯ ฮผฮฒฯฮปฮฑฮนฮฟGR
- แฎแแแจแแแ แฃแแแแGE
- แแแแขแ แแฅแขแGE
