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6.6As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.
Cast
- Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy
- José Luis García Pérez as Jabir (voice)
- Robert Paterson as Dan Brenner (voice)
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Alan Davenport (voice)
- Samantha Mathis as Linda Conroy (voice)
- Ivana Miño as Pamela Lutti (voice)
Themes
- race against time
- panic
- ambush
- underground
- despair
- coffin
- claustrophobia
- lighter
- buried alive
- iraq
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
174,660 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 16 wins & 33 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Rodrigo Cortés
- Written by
- Chris Sparling
- Produced by
- Adrian Guerra Peter Safran
- Starring
- Ryan Reynolds
- Cinematography
- Eduard Grau
- Edited by
- Rodrigo Cortés
- Music by
- Víctor Reyes
- Production companies
- Versus Entertainment The Safran Company Dark Trick Films Kinology Studio 37
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Spain) Icon Film Distribution (UK/IRL/AU) Lionsgate (North America) Rézo Films (France)
- Release dates
- 23 January 2010 ( 2010-01-23 ) ( Sundance ) 1 October 2010 ( 2010-10-01 ) (Spain)
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Countries
- Spain Australia United States France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $21.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 856879
- Official website
- experienceburied.com
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- publication date
- 2010-10-08
- title
- Buried
- review score
- 65/100
- capital cost
- 2000000
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Buried is a 2010 English-language survival psychological thriller film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. It stars Ryan Reynolds and was written by Chris Sparling.
The film follows Iraq-based American civilian truck driver Paul Conroy (Reynolds), who, after being attacked, finds himself buried alive in a wooden coffin, with only a lighter, flask, flashlight, knife, glowsticks, pen, pencil, and a mobile phone. Since its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the film has received a positive critical reception.