88 Minutes

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88 Minutes
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Directed by	Jon Avnet
Produced by	Jon Avnet Randall Emmett Michael P. Flannigan George Furla
Written by	Gary Scott Thompson
Starring	Al Pacino Benjamin McKenzie Alicia Witt Leelee Sobieski Deborah Kara Unger Amy Brenneman Neal McDonough
Music by	Edward Shearmur
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date(s)	April 18, 2008
Running time	110 min
Language	English
Budget	$30,000,000
Gross revenue	$25,822,841[1]
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88 Minutes is a 2008 film drama directed by Jon Avnet starring Al Pacino, Benjamin McKenzie, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger. Amy Brenneman and Neal McDonough. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005 and wrapped in December 2005. The film was released in various territories during 2007.

In May 2007, TriStar Pictures acquired all U.S. distribution rights of 88 Minutes;^[2] TriStar Pictures released this movie in the United States theatrically on April 18, 2008.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Filming locations 5 Critical reception 6 Box office performance 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Plot

In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence Forster to death row. Forster accuses Gramm of manipulation, inducing one witness and the sister of one of his victims to testify against him.

On the eve of Forster's execution, Gramm receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life left. Meanwhile, someone is copycatting Forster, killing women with the same modus operandi and is being investigated by the Seattle Slayer Task Force.

With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, plus his friend Frank Parks and his assistant Kim Cummings, Gramm investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had a one-night stand as his 88 minutes continue to tick off the clock.

[edit] Cast

• Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm
• Benjamin McKenzie as Mike Stemp
• Alicia Witt as Kim Cummings
• Leelee Sobieski as Lauren Douglas
• Amy Brenneman as Shelly Barnes
• TJ Wiseley as Special Agent Indiana
• William Forsythe as Special Agent Frank Parks
• Deborah Kara Unger as Carol Johnson
• Neal McDonough as Jon Forster
• Leah Cairns as Sara Pollard
• Stephen Moyer as Guy LaForge
• Christopher Redman as Jeremy Guber
• Brendan Fletcher as Johnny d'Franco
• Michael Eklund as J.T. Ryker
• Kristina Copeland as Dale Morris
• Tammy Hui as Janie Kay
• Victoria Tennant as Kate
• Michal Yannai as Leeza Pearson
• Mike Dopud as Detective (Uncredited)

[edit] Production

Jon Avnet replaced James Foley as director. Kristin Cavallari originally had a role in this film, but pulled out. Shero Rauf was the digital effects artist for the film.

[edit] Filming locations

The university scenes in the film were shot at the University of British Columbia (UBC) near Vancouver, which stood in for a fictional Northwest Washington University. It attracted much attention on campus (mainly due to Pacino's presence in the film) and filming was interrupted repeatedly because of it. This also could have been due to the fact that many integral scenes were filmed in the busiest areas of campus during peak class hours. It was common for students to exit buildings after class only to walk into a shooting location.

Scenes were also shot on the campus of UCLA. The filming was secretive and did not draw as much attention as it did at UBC.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Critical reception

88 Minutes was heavily panned by critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 6% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 94 reviews.^[3] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 17 out of 100, based on 27 reviews.^[4]

[edit] Box office performance

In its opening weekend, the film grossed $6,957,216 in 2,168 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #4 at the box office and averaging $3,209 per theater. In its second weekend, the film grossed $3,593,890 and fell to #8 at the box office.^[5] The film's worldwide gross is $25,822,841 with $16,930,884 from the domestic box office and $8,891,957 from foreign markets.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• 88 Minutes at the Internet Movie Database
• 88 Minutes at Rotten Tomatoes
• 88 Minutes at Metacritic
• 88 Minutes at Box Office Mojo
• 88 Minutes at Allmovie
• Trailer at Apple.com