Captive (2015 film)

Captive
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJerry Jameson
Screenplay by
Based onUnlikely Angel
by Ashley Smith
Produced by
  • Lucas Akoskin
  • Terry Botwick
  • Alex Garcia
  • David Oyelowo
  • Ken Wales
  • Katrina Wolfe
Starring
CinematographyLuis David Sansans
Edited byMelissa Kent
Music byLorne Balfe
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$2.8 million[3]

Captive is a 2015 American crime-drama thriller film directed by Jerry Jameson and written by Brian Bird and Reinhard Denke, based on the non-fiction book Unlikely Angel by Ashley Smith.

A true story about Brian Nichols, who escapes from the Fulton County courthouse in Atlanta on March 11, 2005 and holds Ashley Smith as a hostage, the film stars David Oyelowo as Nichols and Kate Mara as Smith. Filming began in October 2013 in North Carolina. The film was released worldwide on September 18, 2015 by Paramount Pictures.

  1. ^ "CAPTIVE (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. August 19, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Pamela McClintock (September 16, 2015). "Box-Office Preview: 'Maze Runner: Scorch Trials' Hopes to Sprint Past 'Black Mass'". The Hollywood Reporter. (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "Captive (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 17, 2015.