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The Edge is a 1997 American adventure, action, drama, and survival film directed by Lee Tamahori. The screenplay was written by David Mamet, with Art Linson serving as producer. The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau, and Elle Macpherson. Jerry Goldsmith composed the music, while Donald McAlpine was the director of photography and Neil Travis was the film editor. The movie is in English and has a runtime of 113 to 117 minutes.
Filming took place in Alberta, British Columbia, Yoho National Park, and Edmonton, with the narrative set in Canada. The story involves characters whose plane goes down, making their survival dependent on one another. The film was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+ in video on demand format. It received an R rating and had a budget of 30,000,000, earning 43,300,000 in revenue.
Critics and audiences gave the film mixed to positive reviews. It holds a 7.0 rating on IMDb based on 84,962 votes, a 6.854 average on TMDb from 1,309 votes, and a Metascore of 66. Rotten Tomatoes lists a 63% score. The film received three award nominations.
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6.9The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Charles Morse
- Alec Baldwin as Robert Green
- Elle Macpherson as Mickey Morse
- Harold Perrineau as Stephen
- L.Q. Jones as Styles
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Ginny
Themes
- rescue
- airplane
- photographer
- grizzly bear
- wilderness
- supermodel
- emergency landing
- survival
- conflict
- billionaire
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
83,217 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Lee Tamahori
- Written by
- David Mamet
- Produced by
- Art Linson
- Starring
- Anthony Hopkins Alec Baldwin Elle Macpherson Harold Perrineau
- Cinematography
- Donald McAlpine
- Edited by
- Neil Travis
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- Art Linson Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- September 6, 1997 ( 1997-09-06 ) ( TIFF ) September 26, 1997 ( 1997-09-26 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Countries
- United States , Canada
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $43.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Edge is a 1997 survival thriller film directed by Lee Tamahori, written by David Mamet, and starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin. The plot follows wealthy businessman Charles Morse (Hopkins), photographer Bob Green (Baldwin), and assistant Stephen (Harold Perrineau), who must trek through the elements and try to survive after their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, all while being hunted by a large Kodiak bear and the men's fraying friendships. Bart the Bear, a trained Kodiak bear known for appearances in several Hollywood films, appears in the film as the bloodthirsty Kodiak, in one of his last film roles.
The Edge premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 1997, and was released in theaters in the United States on September 26, 1997, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and grossed $43.3 million worldwide against a $30 million budget.
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