In the Cut

In the Cut
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Directed by	Jane Campion
Produced by	Nicole Kidman Laurie Parker
Written by	Jane Campion Susanna Moore
Based on	The novel by Susanna Moore
Starring	Meg Ryan Mark Ruffalo Jennifer Jason Leigh
Music by	Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Cinematography	Dion Beebe
Editing by	Alexandre de Franceschi
Studio	Pathé
Distributed by	Screen Gems Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	October 22, 2003 (limited) October 31, 2003 (wide, US/UK)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom Australia
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$23,726,793

In the Cut is a 2003 American erotic thriller and mystery film, written and directed by Jane Campion and starring Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Campion's screenplay is an adaption of the novel of the same name by Susanna Moore. It focuses on a college English professor (Ryan) who becomes entangled with a detective (Ruffalo) investigating a series of gruesome murders in her Manhattan neighborhood.

The film received a limited release on October 22, 2003 in the United States, and was subsequently given a wide release on Halloween that year in the United States and United Kingdom. The film received negative to mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

High school teacher and writer Frannie (Meg Ryan) begins an affair with Malloy (Mark Ruffalo), a detective investigating a series of murders of young women in her neighborhood. As the affair progresses, questions arise as to whether Malloy is the perpetrator of the crimes.

Cast

• Meg Ryan as Frannie Avery
• Mark Ruffalo as Detective Giovanni A. Malloy
• Jennifer Jason Leigh as Pauline
• Patrice O'Neal as Hector
• Kevin Bacon (uncredited) as John Graham

Production

Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion spent five years developing the film. This is Kidman's producing debut. Kidman was originally cast as Frannie, but dropped out because she was divorcing and needed more time with her children; Meg Ryan was hired.

Box office

In the Cut grossed $1,666,830 at the box office in Australia.

See also

• Cinema of Australia

External links

• In the Cut at the Internet Movie Database
• In the Cut at AllRovi
• In the Cut at Box Office Mojo
• In the Cut at Rotten Tomatoes