“Surviving Christmas” first came to the attention of producing partners Jenno Topping and Betty Thomas when a writing team they knew pitched them an idea for a movie. “We had made the film `Can’t Hardly Wait’ with Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont,” Topping recalls. “They came to my office and said they had an idea…
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to recall the family holidays of his youth. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew’s family. Nevertheless, Drew has his mind set on an old-fashioned family Christmas, and the fact that the…
Suspect Zero Production Notes (2004)
Trained in a secret government remote viewing program which enabled five elite agents to telepathically get into the hearts and minds of killers and their victims, O’Ryan has become consumed with tracking the ultimate manifestation of a killer, an entity he calls Suspect Zero. But has O’Ryan’s ability to identify with both murderers and their…
Suspect Zero (2004)
Tagline: Who’s next? It’s 4 a.m. and torrents of rain pour down on a roadside diner in New Mexico. Inside, an innocuous looking salesman sips coffee while catching up on his fishing magazines. Suddenly, he is startled by an unusual looking man who sits down at his table and displays horrific drawings that send the…
Taking Lives Production Notes (2004)
About the Film “I’m intrigued with the notion of identity – who we are and who we think we are,” says director D.J. Caruso, citing one of the principle themes in Taking Lives, a psychological thriller that pits the expertise of an FBI profiler against the equally expert but twisted mentality of a serial killer….
Taking Lives (2004)
A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Academy Award-winner Angelina Jolie) doesn’t rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her intuitive, unconventional approach often makes the crucial difference between catching a killer and sending a dead-end case to the cold file. When Montreal detectives handling a local homicide…