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| Directed by | John Maybury |
| Screenplay by | Massy Tadjedin |
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| Cinematography | Peter Deming |
| Edited by | Emma E. Hickox |
| Music by | Brian Eno |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $21.1 million[3] |
The Jacket is a 2005 American science-fiction psychological thriller film directed by John Maybury and starring Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It is partly based on the 1915 Jack London novel The Star Rover, published in the United Kingdom as The Jacket.[4] Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco. The original music score is composed by Brian Eno and the cinematography is by Peter Deming.
The Jacket premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in theaters in the United States by Warner Independent Pictures on March 4, 2005. It grossed $21.1 million on a budget of $28.5 million and received mixed reviews from critics.
- ^ Goodridge, Mike (24 January 2005). "The Jacket". Screen International. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "The Jacket (2005) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
- ^ "The Jacket (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ Clarke, Donald (13 May 2005). "Full Mental Jacket". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2009. Quotes director Maybury: "'I know you think it is a load of Hollywood nonsense,' he says amiably, 'but it is in fact loosely based a true story that became a Jack London story.'"