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Man on a Ledge
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6.4An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
Cast
- Sam Worthington as Nick Cassidy
- Elizabeth Banks as Lydia Mercer
- Jamie Bell as Joey Cassidy
- Anthony Mackie as Mike Ackerman
- Edward Burns as Jack Dougherty
- Genesis Rodriguez as Angie
Themes
- new york city
- deception
- rooftop
- diamond heist
- framed for a crime
- escaped prisoner
- negotiator
- surprise-ending
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
161,962 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
31%
Metacritic
40/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Asger Leth
- Written by
- Pablo Fenjves
- Produced by
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura Mark Vahradian
- Starring
- Sam Worthington Elizabeth Banks Jamie Bell Anthony Mackie Ed Burns Titus Welliver Genesis Rodriguez Kyra Sedgwick Ed Harris
- Cinematography
- Paul Cameron
- Edited by
- Kevin Stitt
- Music by
- Henry Jackman
- Production company
- Di Bonaventura Pictures
- Distributed by
- Summit Entertainment
- Release date
- January 27, 2012 ( 2012-01-27 )
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $42 million
- Box office
- $47.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Man on a Ledge is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Asger Leth, starring Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks, Edward Burns, Anthony Mackie, Genesis Rodriguez, and Ed Harris. Filming took place in New York City on top of the Roosevelt Hotel. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics and grossed $47 million against its $42 million budget.
In the film, a man using an alias stages a suicide attempt and asks to speak with a specific police negotiator. He is himself a disgraced police officer who was convicted of a diamond theft, and seeks a way to clear his name. His associates try to prove that the diamond was never stolen, and that the "theft" was part of an insurance fraud scheme by the diamond's owner.
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