Taking Lives
Director: D.J. Caruso
Genre: Erotica, Slasher, Thriller, Mystery, Film adaptation, Psychological thriller, Crime Thriller, Drama
Year: 2004
Country: United States of America, Australia
Language: English Language, French Language
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Dano, Justin Chatwin, Olivier Martinez, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tchéky Karyo, Gena Rowlands, André Lacoste
Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. The film was marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."
The original music score was composed by Philip Glass and the main title's theme was composed by Austrian Walter Werzowa, best known for the Intel jingle and his work in the band Edelweiss. The film was loosely adapted from a 1999 thriller novel by Michael Pye of the same title.
The film was based on the novel of the same title by Michael Pye. Numerous hands had a part in the screenplay as script doctors. The cover page of the screenplay credits Jon Bokenkamp with the original draft, Nicholas Kazan with subsequent revisions, Hilary Seitz with more revisions, and David Ayer with the last revisions (to February 28, 2003). The WGA screenwriting credit system ultimately awarded screenplay and adaptation credit to Bokenkamp alone.
The film opens in the early 1980s where teenager Martin Asher (Paul Dano) is seen fleeing from home, taking a bus in Canada. He befriends another teen on the bus, Matt Soulsby (Justin Chatwin) and the two talk about their plans for the future. When their bus breaks down, the two decide to rent a car and
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