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MONEY
Did you know
Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Nobel Son
"Keep your eyes on the prize."
2007 1h 50m EN
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6.0
MID
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25%
ROTTEN
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28
METACRITIC
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6.1
IMDB
★6.0TMDB · 145🥫25%Rotten Tomatoes●28Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 6,200
ComedyCrimeDrama
Synopsis
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Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother. Motivated not so much by money as revenge, Thaddeus tries to convince Barkley to help him carry out a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against their patriarch.
“Keep your eyes on the prize.”
Cast
Alan Rickman
Eli Michaelson
Bryan Greenberg
Barkley Michaelson
Shawn Hatosy
Thaddeus James
Eliza Dushku
City Hall
Bill Pullman
Max Mariner
Mary Steenburgen
Sarah Michaelson
Danny DeVito
Gastner
Ted Danson
Harvey Parrish
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Randall Miller
- Writers
- Randall Miller, Jody Savin
- 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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Fun facts 🍿
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MONEY
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Earned back only 14% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 19 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Randall Miller, shot by Mike Ozier. 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 Mark Adler. 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 Randall Miller 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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Alan Rickman and Bryan Greenberg and Shawn Hatosy carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Keep your eyes on the prize.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Randall Miller directs. Mike Ozier behind the camera. Mark Adler scores. Randall Miller cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 14% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 19 years ago.
- 4Directed by Randall Miller, shot by Mike Ozier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Mark Adler. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Randall Miller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Alan Rickman and Bryan Greenberg and Shawn Hatosy carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Keep your eyes on the prize.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0483756 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 17 themes, including "mask", "ransom", "kidnapping", "photography".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Mike Ozier
- Original score
- Mark Adler
- Editing
- Randall Miller
- Production design
- Craig Stearns
- Costume design
- Kathryn Morrison
- Stunt coordinator
- Jeff Dashnaw
- Runtime
- 110 min · 1h 50m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $550,782
- Return
- 14% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Nobel Son (2007)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 25% 🥫 Rotten
- Metacritic
- 28/100
- IMDB rating
- 6.1/10 · 6,200 votes
- MPAA
- R
Also by
Randall Miller
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Production companies
Who made it
- GI
Gimme Five Films
Key crew
- Production DesignCraig Stearns
- ProducerRandall Miller
- CastingRichard Pagano
- Co-ProducerHenry Suarez
- Co-ProducerJ.P. O'Neill
- Executive ProducerJeffery Goddard
- Co-ProducerJane Baum
- Co-ProducerRonald Savin
- Costume DesignKathryn Morrison
- Associate ProducerBridget Fonger
- StuntsJeff Dashnaw
- EditorRandall Miller
- ProducerJody Savin
- Executive ProducerMichael Ravine
- Stunt CoordinatorJeff Dashnaw
- Line ProducerTerry Spazek
- Executive ProducerTom Soulanille
- Set DecorationLaura Evans
- Executive ProducerArt Klein
- ThanksJon Avnet
- Co-ProducerJon Faiz Kayyem
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- mask
- ransom
- kidnapping
- photography
- nobel prize
- college
- poet
- half-brother
- revenge
- brother against brother
- corpse
- revenge motive
- locker
- father son conflict
- father son relationship
- cheating husband
- nobel week
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2007-04-28R
Also known as
International titles
- Le Prix de la RançonFR
