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| Directed by | Jane Campion |
| Produced by | Nicole Kidman Laurie Parker |
| Written by | Jane Campion Susanna Moore |
| Based on | The novel by Susanna Moore |
| Starring | Meg Ryan Mark Ruffalo Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| Music by | Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson |
| Cinematography | Dion Beebe |
| Editing by | Alexandre de Franceschi |
| Studio | Pathé |
| Distributed by | Screen Gems Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 2003 (limited) October 31, 2003 (wide, US/UK) |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $23,726,793 |
In the Cut is a 2003 American erotic thriller and mystery film, written and directed by Jane Campion and starring Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Campion's screenplay is an adaption of the novel of the same name by Susanna Moore. It focuses on a college English professor (Ryan) who becomes entangled with a detective (Ruffalo) investigating a series of gruesome murders in her Manhattan neighborhood.
The film received a limited release on October 22, 2003 in the United States, and was subsequently given a wide release on Halloween that year in the United States and United Kingdom. The film received negative to mixed reviews from critics.[1]
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High school teacher and writer Frannie (Meg Ryan) begins an affair with Malloy (Mark Ruffalo), a detective investigating a series of murders of young women in her neighborhood. As the affair progresses, questions arise as to whether Malloy is the perpetrator of the crimes.
Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion spent five years developing the film. This is Kidman's producing debut. Kidman was originally cast as Frannie, but dropped out because she was divorcing and needed more time with her children; Meg Ryan was hired.
In the Cut grossed $1,666,830 at the box office in Australia.[2]
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