Taking Lives (film)
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Taking Lives | |
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Taking Lives film poster |
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Directed by | D.J. Caruso |
Produced by | Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann |
Written by | Michael Pye (novel), Jon Bokenkamp |
Starring | Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland |
Music by | Philip Glass |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date(s) | 16 March 2004 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States/Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | Unknown |
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Taking Lives is a 2004 film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke, based on the novel of the same title by Michael Pye. The original music score is composed by Philip Glass. The film is marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."
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[edit] Plot summary
A successful FBI profiler, Illeana Scott (Jolie), is summoned to help out Canadian law enforcement in Montreal, to hunt down a serial killer who assumes the lives and identities of the people he kills as he travels across North America. Illeana has to adjust to working in a strange city with a police team which she does not really fit in with.
[edit] Cast
- Angelina Jolie - Illeana Scott
- Ethan Hawke - James Costa
- Kiefer Sutherland - Hart
- Gena Rowlands - Mrs. Asher
- Olivier Martinez - Paquette
- Tchéky Karyo - Leclair
- Jean-Hugues Anglade - Duval
- Paul Dano - Young Asher
- Justin Chatwin - Matt Soulsby
- André Lacoste - Cashier
- Billy Two Rivers - Car Salesman
- Richard Lemire - Québec City Cop
- Julien Poulin - Québec City Inspector
- Marie-Josée Croze - Medical Examiner
- Christian Tessier - Interrogation Officer
[edit] Music
- The main title's theme was composed by Austrian Walter Werzowa, best known for the Intel jingle and his work in the band Edelweiss.