| Sleeping with the Enemy | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Joseph Ruben[1] |
| Screenplay by | Ronald Bass |
| Based on | Sleeping with the Enemy by Nancy Price[2] |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldberg |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John Lindley |
| Edited by | George Bowers |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19 million[3] |
| Box office | $175 million[3] |
Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name.[2] Roberts plays a woman who fakes her own death and moves from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa to escape from her controlling, obsessive, and abusive husband, but finds her peaceful new life interrupted when he discovers her actions and tracks her down.
Sleeping with the Enemy was released theatrically on February 8, 1991. It received generally negative reviews from the critics, but it was a box-office success, grossing $175 million on a production budget of $19 million. The film also broke the record at the time for the highest domestic opening for a film with a female lead, grossing $13 million on its opening weekend and surpassing the previous record held by Aliens, which grossed $10 million in its first weekend.
- ^ Granville, Kari (February 8, 1991). "Joseph Ruben Finally Gets His Crane : Movies: A veteran director of low-budget fare makes it to majors with 'Sleeping With the Enemy.'". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Price, Nancy. "Nancy Price - Biography". Nancypricebooks.com. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Sleeping with the Enemy at Box Office Mojo Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine