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Ransom (1996)
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Ron Howard
directed this thriller which stars
Mel Gibson
as Tom Mullen, a former fighter pilot who built a ramshackle one-plane airline into a major multinational service fleet. Mullen has a multi-million dollar fortune, a beautiful wife, Kate (
Rene Russo
) and a nine-year-old son, Sean (Brawley Nolte) that he dotes on. However, Mullen's life comes crashing down around him when Sean is kidnapped. The FBI are called in, but Mullen is wary -- he was the recent target of an FBI investigation in which he was found to have bribed union officials while negotiating a contract. FBI Agent Hawkins (
Delroy Lindo
) advises Mullen to make the $2 million dollar drop to pay the kidnappers, which will make it easier to track the criminals, but when the tradeoff goes wrong, Mullen takes a new tactic -- he goes on television and offers a $2 million bounty for the heads of the people who kidnapped his child. Meanwhile, it becomes clear the kidnappers include Maris Connor (
Lili Taylor
), who once worked for the Mullens, and Jimmy Shaker (
Gary Sinise
), one of the cops who investigated Mullen for bribery. This remake of the 1956
Glenn Ford
vehicle of the same name was scripted by
Richard Price
, who has a bit part as a police detective. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Evan Handler
Miles Roberts
Delroy Lindo
Agent Lonnie Hawkins
Rene Russo
Kate Mullen
Lili Taylor
Maris Connor
Mel Gibson
Tom Mullen
Gary Sinise
Jimmy Shaker
Liev Schreiber
Clark Barnes
Brawley Nolte
Sean Mullen
Donnie Wahlberg
Cubby Barnes
Production Crew
John Kasarda
Art Director
Aldric La'Auli Porter
Associate Producer
Louisa Velis
Associate Producer
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Piotr Sobocinski
Cinematographer
Adam Schroeder
Co-producer
Susan Merzbach
Co-producer
Howard Shore
Composer (Music Score)
Rita Ryack
Costume Designer
Ron Howard
Director
Daniel Hanley
Editor
Mike Hill
Editor
Mike Hill
Editor
Todd Hallowell
Executive Producer
Aldric La'Auli Porter
First Assistant Director
Billy Corgan
Musical Performer
Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc
Pilot
B. Kipling Hagopian
Producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Scott Rudin
Producer
Michael Corenblith
Production Designer
Alexander Ignon
Screenwriter
Richard Price
Screenwriter
Susan Bode-Tyson
Set Designer
James Horner
Songwriter
Danny Michael
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 120
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for graphic bloody violence and strong language
Category: Feature
Genre
Crime
Produced by
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures
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