Captivity (film)

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Captivity
Movie Poster for Captivity
Directed by	Roland Joffe
Starring	Elisha Cuthbert Daniel Gillies Pruitt Taylor Vince Laz Alonso
Music by	Marco Beltrami
Distributed by	Lionsgate (US), After Dark Films (US), Optimum (UK)
Release date(s)	March 9, 2007 May 18, 2007 May 18, 2007
Running time	92 mins
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Captivity is an upcoming 2007 thriller film, directed by Roland Joffe. It is scheduled for release from Lions Gate Entertainment on May 18, 2007.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Trivia 4 Advertising controversy 5 Release dates 6 External links 7 Notes and references

[edit] Plot

A well-known, professional model Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) is kidnapped by an unknown captor, who is also a deranged psychopath and her biggest fan -- and has plans in store for her. As she is locked in an unknown location, she meets a chauffeur named Gary (Daniel Gillies), who has also been kidnapped. As their captor plays deadly, psychological mind games with them, Jennifer and Gary fall in love and try to survive their ordeal.

[edit] Cast

• Elisha Cuthbert – Jennifer Tree
• Daniel Gillies – Gary
• Pruitt Taylor Vince – Ben
• Laz Alonso – Disantos
• Michael Harney – Bettiger
• Olivia Negron – Spanish Woman
• Chrysta Olson – Mary
• Maggie Damon –

[edit] Trivia

• Filmed in USA and Russia.
• The movie was originally meant to be released in March in the US, but was pushed back to May.

[edit] Advertising controversy

Several controversial images depicting promotional scenes from the film were released by After Dark films in Los Angeles and New York where they were shown on billboards and taxicabs. The advertisement consisted of pictures involving the kidnapping, torture, and presumable murder of a female character. Offended witnesses soon filed complaints to After Dark, who claimed error and explained that the concept was only one of several working ideas that were being considered for marketing to the general public. According to Courtney Solomon, who spoke on behalf of After Dark, it wasn't even supposed to have been approved, he followed by saying "To be honest with you, I don't know where the confusion happened and who's responsible."^[1]

"This film was done in association with After Dark Films. The nature of the association allows After Dark autonomy over their marketing materials, and therefore we neither saw nor approved this billboard before it was posted," said Peter Wilkes, head of Lionsgate investor relations. "Once aware of the materials and the reaction to them, we immediately asked After Dark to remove the billboards, to which they immediately and cooperatively responded."

Joss Whedon has become the public face of a movement directed at the MPAA to remove the film's rating, in accordance with MPAA guidelines which state that any film which uses advertising which has not been approved by the MPAA (in this case, the advertising was specifically not approved) will not be given a rating or, if it has one, the rating will be removed. According to Jill Soloway, who runs the website www.removetherating.blogspot.com dedicated to this fight, Solomon himself was responsible for the ads in question, going over the design in extreme detail, and is thus being disingenuous in the above-cited quote^[2]. The MPAA is expected to issue a ruling in the first week of April, 2007.

[edit] Release dates

• Spain: March 9, 2007
• USA: May 18, 2007
• UK: May 18 2007
• France: July 18, 2007
• Belgium: August 8, 2007

[edit] External links

• Captivity at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] Notes and references