Changing Lanes | |
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Directed by | Roger Michell |
Screenplay by | Chap Taylor Michael Tolkin |
Story by | Chap Taylor |
Produced by | Scott Rudin |
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Cinematography | Salvatore Totino |
Edited by | Christopher Tellefsen |
Music by | David Arnold |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $45 million[1] |
Box office | $94.9 million |
Changing Lanes is a 2002 American drama thriller film directed by Roger Michell and starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. The film follows a successful, young Wall Street lawyer (Affleck) who accidentally crashes his car into a vehicle driven by a middle-aged, recovering alcoholic insurance salesman (Jackson). After the lawyer leaves the scene of the accident, the two men try to get back at each other, engaging in a variety of immoral and illegal actions that end up having a major impact on each man's life.
The film was released on April 12, 2002 in North America by Paramount Pictures. The film was favorably reviewed by critics, and it was a box office success, earning almost $95 million against a $45 million budget. Writers Chap Taylor and Michael Tolkin were nominated for the WAFCA Award for Best Original Screenplay for their work.[2]
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