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16 Blocks
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16 Blocks is a crime film directed by Richard Donner and released on 1 March 2006, written by Richard Wenk and produced by Avi Lerner with Boaz Davidson as executive producer. Set in New York City, it stars Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse and Cylk Cozart, with cinematography by Glen MacPherson and a score by Klaus Badelt.
It was made by Alcon Entertainment, Cheyenne Enterprises, 16 Block Productions, The Donners' Company and Millennium Media on a budget of 55,000,000, taking 65,664,721 in revenue, and runs 105 minutes. Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, it carries the tagline "1 witness… 118 minutes…" and was produced across Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
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6.5An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Jack Mosley
- Yasiin Bey as Eddie Bunker
- David Morse as Frank Nugent
- Jenna Stern as Diane Mosley
- Casey Sander as Captain Dan Gruber
- Cylk Cozart as Jimmy Mulvey
Themes
- new york city
- mission of murder
- witness
- betrayal
- male bonding
- doing the right thing
- people change
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Donner
- Written by
- Richard Wenk
- Produced by
- Avi Lerner Randall Emmett John Thompson Arnold Rifkin Jim Van Wyck
- Starring
- Bruce Willis Mos Def David Morse Cylk Cozart
- Cinematography
- Glen MacPherson
- Edited by
- Steven Mirkovich
- Music by
- Klaus Badelt
- Production companies
- Alcon Entertainment Millennium Films Cheyenne Enterprises Emmett/Furla Films The Donners' Company Equity Pictures Nu Image Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- March 3, 2006 ( 2006-03-03 )
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $52 million
- Box office
- $65.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Screenwriter
- Richard Wenk
- Cast member
- Peter McRobbie
- Composer
- Klaus Badelt
- Production company
- Alcon Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Glen MacPherson
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 552752
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/16-blocks
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- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- 16 Blocks
- publication date
- 2006-04-20
- title
- 16 Blocks
- executive producer
- Boaz Davidson
- review score
- 55%
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Encyclopedic overview
16 Blocks is a 2006 American action thriller film directed by Richard Donner and starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse. The film unfolds in the real time narration method. It marked the final directed film for Donner during his lifetime in addition to the last acting role for his cousin and frequent collaborator Steve Kahan.
16 Blocks was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 3, 2006. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and grossed $65.7 million against a $52 million budget.
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