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Red Corner
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Red Corner is a 1997 American trial, mystery, crime, and thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Robert King, with cinematography by Karl Walter Lindenlaub and editing by Peter E. Berger. The cast includes Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, and Tsai Chin. The film’s composer is Thomas Newman, and it was produced by Avnet/Kerner Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, the English-language movie has a runtime of 122 minutes. Its narrative is set in Beijing and features themes involving the death penalty, murder, justice, and a businessman. The film was released in the United States in 1997, with additional publication dates in 1998. It was distributed via video on demand. A derivative work titled Dhaam Dhoom is based on this film.
The production had a budget of 48,000,000 and generated 22,420,000 in revenue. Critical reception includes a review score of 5.1 out of 10 and a 27% rating. Audience metrics list a vote average of 6.345 on TMDb and a rating of 6.3 on IMDb. The tagline for the film is "Severity for those who resist."
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Film · TMDB
6.3An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Cast
- Richard Gere as Jack Moore
- Bai Ling as Shen Yuelin
- Bradley Whitford as Bob Ghery
- Byron Mann as Lin Dan
- Peter Donat as David McAndrews
- Robert Stanton as Ed Pratt
Themes
- death penalty
- china
- businessman
- murder
- justice
- legal thriller
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jon Avnet
- Screenwriter
- Robert King
- Cast member
- Richard Venture
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Jon Avnet
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Narrative location
- Beijing
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 403523
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1998-01-22
- film editor
- Peter E. Berger
- title
- Red Corner
- distributed by
- Netflix
- derivative work
- Dhaam Dhoom
- review score
- 27%
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