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2002 film by Barbet Schroeder

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Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant young men: cold, calculating killers whose dark secrets might explain their crimes.

Released: 2002-04-19120 minDir: Barbet SchroederCrime, Drama, ThrillerBudget: $50.0MBox office: $56.7M

Cast

  • Sandra Bullock as Cassie Mayweather
  • Ben Chaplin as Sam Kennedy
  • Ryan Gosling as Richard Haywood
  • Michael Pitt as Justin Pendleton
  • Agnes Bruckner as Lisa Mills
  • Chris Penn as Ray Feathers

Themes

  • high school
  • homicide
  • detective
  • fbi
  • intellectual
  • nerd
  • vice
  • partner
  • murder
  • rich

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Ratings

IMDb

6.2/10

66,883 votes

Year
2002
Runtime
115 min
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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Key facts

Directed by
Barbet Schroeder
Written by
Tony Gayton
Produced by
Richard Crystal Barbet Schroeder Susan Hoffman
Starring
Sandra Bullock Ryan Gosling Michael Pitt Agnes Bruckner Chris Penn R. D. Call Ben Chaplin
Cinematography
Luciano Tovoli
Edited by
Lee Percy
Music by
Clint Mansell
Production companies
Castle Rock Entertainment Schroeder/Hoffman Productions
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
April 19, 2002 ( 2002-04-19 )
Running time
120 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$50 million
Box office
$56.7 million

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Encyclopedic overview

Murder by Numbers is a 2002 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Sandra Bullock in the main role alongside Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. It is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case.

The film was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered in competition.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Murder by Numbers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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