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6.8Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Lincoln Rhyme
- Angelina Jolie as Amelia Donaghy
- Queen Latifah as Thelma
- Michael Rooker as Captain Howard Cheney
- Michael McGlone as Detective Kenny Solomon
- Luis Guzmán as Eddie Ortiz
Themes
- new york city
- taxi
- based on novel or book
- psychopath
- taxi driver
- bone
- partnership
- serial killer
- author
- crime scene
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
193,520 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Phillip Noyce
- Written by
- Jeremy Iacone
- Based on
- The Bone Collector , by Jeffery Deaver
- Produced by
- Martin Bregman Michael Bregman Louis A. Stroller
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Angelina Jolie Queen Latifah Michael Rooker Mike McGlone Luis Guzmán Leland Orser Ed O'Neill
- Cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Edited by
- William Hoy
- Music by
- Craig Armstrong
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures Bregman Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (North America) Columbia Pictures (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International ; International)
- Release date
- November 5, 1999 ( 1999-11-05 )
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $48 million
- Box office
- $151.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Bone Collector is a 1999 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. An adaptation of the 1997 crime novel of the same name by Jeffery Deaver, it follows a quadriplegic homicide detective (Washington) and a newly-recruited patrol officer (Jolie) investigating the esoteric crimes of a serial killer in New York City.
The Bone Collector was released on November 5, 1999 by Universal Pictures, with Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International releasing in other territories. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and grossed $151.5 million against a $48 million budget.
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