Abandon (film)

Abandon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Gaghan
Written byStephen Gaghan
Based onAdams Fall
by Sean Desmond
Produced byGary Barber
Roger Birnbaum
Lynda Obst
Edward Zwick
StarringKatie Holmes
Benjamin Bratt
Charlie Hunnam
Zooey Deschanel
Gabrielle Union
Gabriel Mann
Melanie Lynskey
Will McCormack
Fred Ward
CinematographyMatthew Libatique
Edited byMark Warner
Music byClint Mansell
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures (North America)
Spyglass Entertainment (International)[1]
Release date
  • October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$12.3 million[2]

Abandon is a 2002 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut. It stars Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall. It is based on the book Adams Fall by Sean Desmond. The book was re-titled[3] Abandon for the movie tie-in paperback printing. The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union and Melanie Lynskey, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It received generally negative reviews.

  1. ^ "Spyglass spends with 'Abandon'". Variety. 13 March 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ Savelloni, Matthew. "FROM PRINT TO SCREEN" Archived November 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 12, 2006.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne