The Gingerbread Man (film)
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| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Produced by | Jeremy Tannenbaum |
| Written by | Clyde Hayes (screenplay) John Grisham (original story) |
| Starring | Kenneth Branagh Robert Downey Jr Tom Berenger Daryl Hannah Robert Duvall |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | Jan 23, 1998 |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 legal thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript. It features Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen, Mae Whitman, Jesse James, and Robert Duvall.
The film was plagued with post-production problems when the studio refused to release Altman's cut. After test screenings with the studio cut failed to get better ratings, the director's original cut was released in theaters. Ray Pride interviewed Altman about this issue and he replied, "Well, it's criminal, their treatment of that film. There was a vindictive order from the guy who was running (Polygram Films), he was so pissed off with me, he literally told them, 'I want that movie killed.' We're talking to lawyers, but it's almost impossible to win a lawsuit. You can't prove what a film could have done. They were just pissed off because it didn't test the way they wanted it to with the teenagers, y'know, in those malls."
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