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Released 19 years ago.
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Mr. Brooks
"The man who has everything has everything to hide."
2007 2h 0m EN
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CrimeThriller
Synopsis
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A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.
βThe man who has everything has everything to hide.β
Cast
Kevin Costner
Earl Brooks
Demi Moore
Det. Tracy Atwood
Dane Cook
Mr. Smith
William Hurt
Marshall
Marg Helgenberger
Emma Brooks
Danielle Panabaker
Jane Brooks
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Hawkins
Reiko Aylesworth
Sheila
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Bruce A. Evans
- Writers
- Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Rodolfo Damaggio
- 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 πΏ
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Bruce A. Evans, shot by John Lindley. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Ramin Djawadi. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Miklos Wright 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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Kevin Costner and Demi Moore and Dane Cook carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The man who has everything has everything to hide.".
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IMDB entry: tt0780571 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Bruce A. Evans directs. John Lindley behind the camera. Ramin Djawadi scores. Miklos Wright cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 19 years ago.
- 2Directed by Bruce A. Evans, shot by John Lindley. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Ramin Djawadi. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Miklos Wright shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Kevin Costner and Demi Moore and Dane Cook carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "The man who has everything has everything to hide.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0780571 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 14 themes, including "double life", "businessman", "photographer", "psychopath".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- John Lindley
- Original score
- Ramin Djawadi
- Editing
- Miklos Wright
- Production design
- Jeffrey Beecroft
- Costume design
- Judianna Makovsky
- Makeup / hair
- Janice Alexander
- Sound
- Jim Fitzpatrick
- Stunt coordinator
- Norman Howell
- Runtime
- 120 min Β· 2h 0m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Box office
- $48,443,734
- Return
- 242% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 56% π₯« Rotten
- Metacritic
- 45/100
- IMDB rating
- 7.2/10 Β· 162,228 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
2 nominations total
Also by
Bruce A. Evans
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Andres Gomezβ 6/10
Hurt and Costner performances are enjoyable and the idea of the movie is good but that's almost all that there is to see. Specially, Moore's story and character are quite expendable, not adding anything to the main story but noise.
Production companies
Who made it
Relativity Media
US
Tig Productions
US
- ED
Eden Rock Media
US
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
US
- EL
Element Films International
US
Key crew
- ProducerKevin Costner
- ProducerJim Wilson
- ProducerRaynold Gideon
- EditorMiklos Wright
- CastingMindy Marin
- Production DesignJeffrey Beecroft
- Set DecorationAnne Kuljian
- StuntsKarin Silvestri
- StuntsHenry Kingi
- Executive ProducerThomas Augsberger
- Executive ProducerSam Nazarian
- Executive ProducerAdam Rosenfelt
- Executive ProducerMarc Schaberg
- Art DirectionWilliam Ladd Skinner
- Costume DesignJudianna Makovsky
- Hair Department HeadJanice Alexander
- Key Hair StylistTerry Baliel
- Makeup ArtistGloria Belz
- Makeup ArtistKrystal Kershaw
- HairstylistFrank Parrish
- Makeup Department HeadFrancisco X. PΓ©rez
- HairstylistScott H. Reeder
- Makeup ArtistLauren Thomas
- Post Production SupervisorChristopher Kulikowski
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- double life
- businessman
- photographer
- psychopath
- portland, oregon
- investigation
- witness
- alter ego
- murder
- serial killer
- female detective
- father daughter relationship
- secret
- brutal violence
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere2007-05-22RΒ· Los Angeles
- Theatrical2007-06-01R
Also known as
International titles
- A Face Oculta de Mr. BrooksPT
- Instinto SecretoBR
- ΠΡΠΎ ΠΡ, ΠΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΡΡΠΊΡ?RU
- Mr BrooksUS
- Mr. Brooks Der Moerder in dirDE
