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| Directed by | Stephen Gaghan |
| Written by | Stephen Gaghan |
| Based on | Adams Fall by Sean Desmond |
| Produced by | Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum Lynda Obst Edward Zwick |
| Starring | Katie Holmes Benjamin Bratt Charlie Hunnam Zooey Deschanel Gabrielle Union Gabriel Mann Melanie Lynskey Will McCormack Fred Ward |
| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique |
| Edited by | Mark Warner |
| Music by | Clint Mansell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (North America) Spyglass Entertainment (International)[1] |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $12.3 million[2] |
Abandon is a 2002 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan in his directorial debut. It stars Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend (Charlie Hunnam) disappeared two years previously. Despite being set at an American university, much of the movie was filmed in Canada at McGill University's McConnell Hall. It is based on the book Adams Fall by Sean Desmond. The book was re-titled[3] Abandon for the movie tie-in paperback printing. The film co-stars Zooey Deschanel, Gabrielle Union and Melanie Lynskey, with Benjamin Bratt playing the detective investigating the boyfriend's disappearance. It received generally negative reviews.
- ^ "Spyglass spends with 'Abandon'". Variety. 13 March 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ Box Office Mojo
- ^ Savelloni, Matthew. "FROM PRINT TO SCREEN" Archived November 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 12, 2006.