Frantic (film)

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Frantic
Frantic movie poster
Directed by	Roman Polański
Produced by	Tim Hampton Thom Mount
Written by	Roman Polański Gérard Brach
Starring	Harrison Ford Betty Buckley John Mahoney introducing Emmanuelle Seigner
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Witold Sobocinski
Editing by	Sam O'Steen
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	February 26, 1988
Running time	120 minutes
Language	English, French
IMDb profile

Frantic is a 1988 thriller film directed by Roman Polański and starring Harrison Ford. This movie was mentioned in the Barenaked Ladies' song "One Week". It's also referenced in Mos Def's "Ms. Fat Booty" on Black on Both Sides.

[edit] Synopsis

Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Walker, a man visiting Paris with his wife to attend a medical conference. While Walker is taking a shower, his wife mysteriously disappears from their hotel room, leaving few clues behind. Walker contacts various authorities to help him locate her, but their bureaucratic methods produce few results. As he takes the law into his own hands, he encounters cocaine dealers, a murder scene, and a streetwise young woman (Emmanuelle Seigner) who inadvertently had picked up his wife's suitcase at the airport.

The French locations and Ennio Morricone's musical score contribute to the atmosphere of the film.

[edit] External links

• Frantic at the Internet Movie Database
• Frantic at Yahoo! Movies

Films directed by Roman Polanski

Rower • Uśmiech zębiczny • Rozbijemy zabawę • Morderstwo • Dwaj ludzie z szafą • Lampa • Gdy spadają anioly (When Angels Fall) • Le Gros et le maigre • Ssaki • Nóż w wodzie • Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde • Repulsion • Cul-de-Sac • The Fearless Vampire Killers • Rosemary's Baby • Macbeth • What? • Chinatown • The Tenant • Tess • Pirates • Frantic • Bitter Moon • Death and the Maiden • The Ninth Gate • The Pianist • Oliver Twist • To each his cinema • Pompeii