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Sleeping with the Enemy
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*Sleeping with the Enemy* is a 1991 American neo-noir and psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben. The screenplay was written by Ronald Bass and Bruce Joel Rubin, based on a work by Nancy Price. Produced by Leonard Goldberg and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the film stars Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kyle Secor, and Kevin Anderson. It was filmed in North Carolina and South Carolina, with the narrative set in Iowa. The music was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, and George Bowers served as the film editor.
The movie has a runtime of 95 to 99 minutes and was released in English. It was produced by 20th Century Fox and Leonard Goldberg Productions. The film has been distributed in video on demand formats, including Netflix, iTunes, and Disney+. Audience reception varies across platforms, with an IMDb rating of 6.3 based on 71,755 votes and a TMDb average of 6.505 from 1,218 votes. Other review scores include 4.5/10, 24%, and 48/100.
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Film · TMDB
6.5A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Cast
- Julia Roberts as Laura Burney / Sara Walters
- Patrick Bergin as Martin Burney
- Kevin Anderson as Ben Woodward
- Elizabeth Lawrence as Chloe Williams
- Kyle Secor as John Fleishman
- Tony Abatemarco as Locke
Themes
- drowning
- escape
- iowa
- violent husband
- psychological abuse
- domestic abuse
- domestic violence
- older man younger woman relationship
- beach house
- nursing home
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joseph Ruben
- Screenplay by
- Ronald Bass
- Based on
- Sleeping with the Enemy , by Nancy Price
- Produced by
- Leonard Goldberg
- Starring
- Julia Roberts Patrick Bergin Kevin Anderson
- Cinematography
- John Lindley
- Edited by
- George Bowers
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- February 8, 1991 ( 1991-02-08 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $19 million
- Box office
- $175 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name. Roberts plays a woman who fakes her own death and moves from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa, to escape her controlling, obsessive, and abusive husband, but finds her peaceful new life interrupted when he discovers her actions and tracks her down.
Sleeping with the Enemy was released theatrically by 20th Century Fox on February 8, 1991. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but it was a box-office success, grossing $175 million on a production budget of $19 million. The film also broke the record at the time for the highest domestic opening for a film with a female lead, grossing $13 million on its opening weekend and surpassing the previous record held by Aliens, which grossed $10 million in its first weekend.
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