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 Proof Of Life (DVD)
 Proof Of Life (DVD) ... / DVD released 27 August, 2001 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / Inspired by a Vanity Fair article, Proof of Life is that rarest of Hollywood commodities: the exploration of an original idea. Kidnapping may have graced our screens in the likes of Ransom, but the revelatory material here exposes a billion dollar industry. Engineer Peter Bowman (David Morse) is the kidnapee. Anti-government guerrillas in the fictional locale of Tecala in South America are his captors. More central to the plot is negotiator Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe's first role after Gladiator). His wavering professional ethics allow him to overlook the fact that Bowman's company has reneged on the insurance payment, but don't prevent him from developing feelings for Bowman's wife Alice (Meg Ryan). Cutting between the threads, the film benefits from Crowe and Ryan's obvious chemistry as well as an atmosphere of tense reality provided by the lush locations. Perfectionist director Taylor Hackford insisted on filming in Ecuador despite the studio's better judgement. The crew suffered a consistently hostile environment, but the jungle helps in maintaining a believable threat against Bowman's life. What's ultimately discovered by each of the principals is that they all had more to prove to themselves than they'd ever realised. On The DVD: From an animated menu there's the obligatory trailer and page of cast and crew names. The surprise in the latter is that it's static--No further information! A 14-minute HBO documentary hosted by David Caruso makes up for that. Mini-interviews with all the cast are intercut with behind-the-scenes footage. You see Morse losing weight as they shot, learn that there are 30,000 kidnappings a year and that the crew suffered a drifting wind of tear gas one day. The best feature is Taylor Hackford's commentary, which is breathlessly crammed with information. He talks about the detailed research undertaken on the script, which highlighted Columbia as the world's kidnap centre and London as the K&R (Kidnap and Rescue) reciprocal centre. The most fascinating fact is the reason for a deleted sex scene between Ryan and Crowe. While editing it, Hackford was about the last to discover they'd become an item off-screen. Ryan's lasting objections mean it's not included on this disc. A terrific 2:35:1 ratio dazzles the eye with the Ecuador landscapes, and the 5.1 surround does wonders for Danny Elfman's edgy score.--Paul TonksNewest Review: ... lead better lives. The thing is the company he works for are fitting a pipeline in and the people are against it. He and ... more ... his wife Alice (played by Meg Ryan) are living out there while the work is going on. Alice is not that keen on life out there and wants them to go home to the US. She suffered a miscarriage the previous year and it is hitting her hard but her husband cant see this and is more interested in geting his job done. Hence there is a tiny amount of riction going on between them.
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Proof Of Life [DVD] [2001]
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Proof Of Life (DVD): I'm just an engineer! Let me go!! (426 words)
by - written on 27/03/08 (Very useful, 19 readings)
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This 2000 kidnap drama from director Taylor Hackford has a very good all round package. It has some marvellous scenery and some mood-setting lighting which has given this film some praise. It combines the talents of Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe in roles we would not normally associate them with. The Plot Alice and Peter Bowman are in South America with Peter an engineer working on a project. Peter is kidnapped by some anti-government guerillas and held captive. Alice hires Terry Thorne, a hostage retrieval expert, who must first ascertain whether Terry is alive or not. The emotional turmoil of such an experience is almost too much for Alice, and the ... Read the complete review
unhand my wife, you swine. (635 words)
by - written on 22/03/09 (Very useful, 5 readings)
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Proof of life is the latest film starring Russell Crowe (Gladiator, The Insider, LA Confidential) to be released on DVD. In it, he plays an Australian hostage retrieval expert, Terry Thorne. Our first encounter with Thorne is in a meeting with with his company's board members as he briefs them on his recent K+R (kidnap and ransom) case in Chechnya (I think that's how it's spelt). Meanwhile, in Tecala, Ecuador, a local terrorist militia kidnaps an engineer, Paul Bowman (played by David Morse). Thorne is called to Ecuador to take charge of the case, this is where he meets Alice (Meg Ryan), the wife of the architect. When it transpires that the oil ... Read the complete review
Proof Of Life (DVD): I've seen the proof and I believe it! (314 words)
by - written on 06/01/09 (Very useful, 37 readings)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Peter and Alice Bowman (David Morse and Meg Ryan)are a rich couple living off Peter's riches from working for an oil company, yet their relationship is suffering, and they are beginning to drift apart. In the midst of this, Peter is kidnapped on his latest job in South America, and distraught Alice does everything she can to save him; her first port of call is to bring in Terry (Russell Crowe) a negotiations expert who is set on bringing Peter back, but things begin to get difficult when his hard exterior starts to melt at the hands of her beauty. For his part, Peter refuses to be the compliant kidnap victim, and has ideas of his own for ... Read the complete review
Suits don't suit you, sir (1422 words)
by - written on 05/09/02 (Very useful, 118 readings)
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On Saturday evening with time to spare and nothing to do, we checked out Sky Premier and its latest offering ?Proof of Life? starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. My boyfriend was a little reluctant after hearing it starred Meg Ryan but I reassured him this was no chick flick but more an action thriller any man would be proud to watch. The Plot I didn?t know until after watching it that the movie is based on the true story of Dr. Thomas Hargrove who was kidnapped by guerillas in 1994 in Columbia. His story was published in Vanity Fair and also his book 'Long March to Freedom: Tom Hargrove's Own Story of His Kidnapping by Colombian ... Read the complete review
Proof Of Life (DVD): There's No Pulse Here --------------------- (1615 words)
by - written on 24/10/01 (Very useful, 52 readings)
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It was late Tuesday afternoon when I received a phone call from the partner saying she would be home late because after work she was going to visit members of her family. So I decided it would be a perfect opportunity for me to rent a couple of DVDs I knew she would never watch so off I trot to my local video store. After searching around for a good Ten minutes I couldn’t seem to find anything I would even debate watching, I’m on very friendly terms with the staff at the store (Due to the fact I have worked there in the past) and asked for an opinion on something I should watch, to which the reply was “ Why don’t you give Proof Of Life a ... Read the complete review
Proof Of Life (DVD) : Suits don't suit you, sirfrom donnaford
05/09/2002
Proof Of Life (DVD) : There's No Pulse Here ---------------------from M.Frieel
24/10/2001
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