Ransom

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American film film thriller film

Ransom is a 1996 American thriller film directed by Ron Howard and starring Mel Gibson, centered on a wealthy father's desperate attempt to rescue his kidnapped son.

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Ransom canonical 22
Ransom (1996 film) 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
antagonistRole Gary Sinise ⓘ
surface form: Gary Sinise as Jimmy Shaker
basedOn The United States Steel Hour ⓘ
surface form: 1954 television episode The United States Steel Hour: Fearful Decision
cinematographyBy Piotr Sobociński ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ron Howard ⓘ
distributedBy Buena Vista Pictures ⓘ
Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Dan Hanley ⓘ
Mike Hill ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasTheme kidnapping ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ
parental desperation ⓘ
leadActorRole Mel Gibson ⓘ
surface form: Mel Gibson as Tom Mullen
leadActressRole Rene Russo as Kate Mullen ⓘ
mainCharacter Jimmy Shaker ⓘ
Kate Mullen ⓘ
Tom Mullen ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy James Horner ⓘ
narrativeFocus kidnapping of a wealthy businessman’s son ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A wealthy airline owner’s son is kidnapped, and the father turns the ransom money into a bounty on the kidnappers. ⓘ
productionCompany Imagine Entertainment ⓘ
productionCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
publicationDate 1996 ⓘ
releaseDecade 1990s ⓘ
runtime approximately 121 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Alexander Ignon ⓘ
Christopher Wilkinson ⓘ
Richard Price ⓘ
Stephen J. Rivele ⓘ
starring Brawley Nolte ⓘ
Delroy Lindo ⓘ
Evan Handler ⓘ
Gary Sinise ⓘ
Liev Schreiber ⓘ
Lili Taylor ⓘ
Mel Gibson ⓘ
Rene Russo ⓘ

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Imagine Entertainment → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Brian Grazer → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Ronald William Howard → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
subject surface form: Ron Howard
Ransom E. Olds → givenName → Ransom ⓘ
Gary Sinise → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom (1996 film)
Mel Gibson → starredIn → Ransom ⓘ
Mike Hill → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Evan Handler → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
John Crowe Ransom → familyName → Ransom ⓘ
Dan Hanley → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Rene Russo → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Delroy Lindo → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Lili Taylor → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Dan Hedaya → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Piotr Sobociński → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Bruce Davey → producerOf → Ransom ⓘ
Richard Price → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Richard Price → wroteScreenplayFor → Ransom ⓘ
Alexander Ignon → notableWork → Ransom ⓘ
Alexander Ignon → wroteScreenplayFor → Ransom ⓘ
Tom Mullen → appearsIn → Ransom ⓘ
Jimmy Shaker → appearsIn → Ransom ⓘ
Jimmy Shaker → firstAppearance → Ransom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom (1996 film)
Jimmy Shaker → createdFor → Ransom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom (1996 film)
Jimmy Shaker → diesIn → Ransom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom (1996 film)
Rene Russo as Kate Mullen → appearsInWork → Ransom ⓘ