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Synopsis: Wayne and Eileen Hayes live the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack, and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents, their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal causes Wayne and Eileen to reassess their marriage and come to a deeper sense of their commitment to each other. With each passing hour, the need and desire for Wayne to return home safely becomes ever more urgent.
Director(s): Pieter Jan Brugge
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
2004
95 min
$5,572,013
Website
156 Views


minutes. Everything's fine.

Put those on, please.

Sit down.

All the way.

Put your butt down.

Straighten your legs.

Hold it a minute. Hold it.

Your hands'll be better in front.

Do you mind?

Do you mind if I take off my coat first?

A little hot in the trunk.

Okay.

Okay. Hands in front.

All right. Let's get going.

Oh.

No, please, please, sit down.

Thanks.

Pepsi for breakfast?

One of those bad habits.

Everything will be paid

for by the bureau.

I don't know if that was explained.

No, that's all right.

You have a wonderful place here.

Yes, we built it about five,

no, six years ago.

I hope we're not getting

in your way too much.

- No. I think we'll be all right.

- Good.

Well, enjoy your breakfast.

Thank you.

It's good once you're in.

It's cold.

Keeps you young.

You know, I can't remember the

last time we swam together.

Yeah, it's been a while.

When you were little we had

a hard time getting you out.

Cigarette?

I quit.

But under the circumstances...

The shoes all right?

I mean, they fit okay?

Yeah, they're... They're fine.

No, no. Those things are killers.

I've been telling my wife

that for years, but...

Are we gonna have a

conversation now?

Is that it?

Okay. I don't need to talk.

What made you think I smoked?

Look, Arnold, how much

are we talking about here?

I could call my lawyer.

Whatever it is.

This has nothing to do with me.

I'm just doing my part.

- What... What is your part?

- I'm doing it. This is my part.

Did you take the pictures?

No. I'm not a photographer.

We should really get going.

We've got a long way to go.

- You mind telling me where that is?

- I'm sorry, I can't.

Were there disagreements

you can remember?

With former employees?

Any unpleasant departures, grudges?

Someone who may feel they were

owed something? Anything like that?

No, not that I know of.

I hear there was anger over your

husband's use of foreign automobiles?

No, there was just a few letters.

That was all.

About a year after he sold primary

control in the car-rental business,

he resigned and formed

a new company, right?

- Right.

- A consulting firm?

- Yes.

- But it wasn't successful.

No.

So he's been advisory director at

Lennox-Stuart for the two years

- since closing the consulting firm?

- That's right.

Do you know a Ms. Louise Miller,

formerly in the employment

of your husband at Lennox-Stuart?

Yes, my husband had

an affair with her.

And she left your husband's

employment in June of 2001?

I told him to let her go.

Ah.

And as far as you know, that was

the end of the relationship?

Yes, as far as I know.

Your husband's phone

records indicate they were

in regular contact

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Justin Haythe

Justin Haythe (born September 16, 1973) is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He worked on the 2013 action films Snitch and The Lone Ranger, as well as the 2017 horror film A Cure for Wellness. Haythe lives in New York City, United States. more…

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