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Proof of Life (2000)  link to Proof of Life on IMDb  

Number: 1387

cover Proof of Life

IMDb Rating:
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6.2/10 (51.1K votes)

Country: United States, 135 minutes

Spoken languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director(s): Taylor Hackford

Storyline:
Americans Alice and Peter Bowman have traveled from third world country to third world country working on humanitarian projects. They are currently in Tecala, a country nestled in the Andes, as Peter, an engineer, has been hired by QUAD Carbon, an oil company - the moral "enemy" - to lead a project to construct a dam to prevent what is the constant flooding in the country. Alice and Peter eventually learn that QUAD Carbon cares nothing about the dam, which is just a smoke-screen to get an oil pipeline approved and built. Despite loving each other, they have had problems in the marriage of late because of being in Tecala, where Alice has not been able to find her place, and needing to deal with the aftermath of Alice's recent miscarriage. On his way to work one day, Peter, along with a group of others, are random kidnap victims of left wing guerrillas, the Liberation Army of Tecala (ELT), whose reason for being has changed from a political agenda to a monetary one, primarily getting ...

Cast:

Meg Ryan Alice Bowman
Russell Crowe Terry Thorne
David Morse Peter Bowman
Pamela Reed Janis Goodman
David Caruso Dino

Medium: Original DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Subtitles: English, Russian, Cantonese

Location: Drawer 11 Slot 50

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1