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Buried is a 2010 Spanish film directed and edited by Rodrigo Cortés, starring Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Samantha Mathis, with voice performances from Anne Lockhart, Erik Palladino, José Luis García Pérez, and Samantha Mathis. Written by Chris Sparling and produced by Peter Safran, with cinematography by Eduard Grau, it depicts a premature burial and its main subject is terrorism, filmed in Barcelona with a narrative location of Iraq.
A thriller and drama film, it was made by Starz Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment and distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix. It ran 95 minutes, had a budget of 1,987,650, and earned a revenue of 19,152,480. It was rated R and received 16 wins and 33 nominations.
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Depicts
- premature burial
- Director
- Rodrigo Cortés
- Screenwriter
- Chris Sparling
- Cast member
- Tess Harper
- Voice actor
- José Luis García Pérez
- Producer
- Peter Safran
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Eduard Grau
- Narrative location
- Iraq
- Filming location
- Barcelona
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 856879
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- experienceburied.com
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- publication date
- 2010-10-08
- title
- Buried
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Rodrigo Cortés
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 65/100
- set in environment
- coffin
- capital cost
- 2000000
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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