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The Ring is a 2002 American horror, mystery, and thriller film directed by Gore Verbinski. The screenplay was written by Ehren Kruger, Scott Frank, and Kōji Suzuki, with production handled by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. The cast includes Brian Cox, Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, and David Dorfman. Hans Zimmer composed the music, while Bojan Bazelli served as director of photography and Craig Wood as film editor. The film was produced by DreamWorks Pictures, BenderSpink, and Parkes+MacDonald Production, and distributed by Netflix.
Based on the work Ring by Kōji Suzuki, the narrative is set in Washington and Seattle. Filming took place in California, and the original language is English. The movie has a runtime of 115 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating. It was released on October 18, 2002, with a budget of 48,000,000 and a revenue of 249,348,933. The film received 14 wins and 12 nominations. It is followed by The Ring Two.
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Film · TMDB
6.7Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.
Cast
- Naomi Watts as Rachel Keller
- Martin Henderson as Noah Clay
- David Dorfman as Aidan Keller
- Brian Cox as Richard Morgan
- Jane Alexander as Dr. Grasnik
- Lindsay Frost as Ruth Embry
Themes
- journalist
- island
- drowning
- investigation
- supernatural
- horse
- telephone
- paranormal
- remake
- urban legend
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
400,067 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 14 wins & 12 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Gore Verbinski
- Screenplay by
- Ehren Kruger
- Based on
- Ring , by Hiroshi Takahashi Ring , by Koji Suzuki
- Produced by
- Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald
- Starring
- Naomi Watts Martin Henderson Brian Cox
- Cinematography
- Bojan Bazelli
- Edited by
- Craig Wood
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Amblin Entertainment MacDonald / Parkes Productions BenderSpink
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Release date
- October 18, 2002 ( 2002-10-18 )
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $48 million
- Box office
- $249.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox