Desperate Measures (film)

Desperate Measures
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBarbet Schroeder
Written byDavid Klass
Based onDesperate Measures
by David Klass
Produced byGary Foster
Barbet Schroeder
Lee Rich
Susan Hoffman
Starring
CinematographyLuciano Tovoli
Edited byLee Percy
Music byTrevor Jones
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • January 30, 1998 (1998-01-30)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million
Box office$13.8 million

Desperate Measures is a 1998 American action thriller film starring Michael Keaton, Andy García, Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Cox, directed by Barbet Schroeder. It was filmed in both the San Francisco Bay Area and downtown Pittsburgh with such landmarks as the BNY Mellon Center, the Allegheny County Courthouse[1] and the Oakland Bay Bridge. The film was released on January 30, 1998, and was a critical and financial failure. However, Andy García won an ALMA Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role".

  1. ^ "Screening Room". Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-11-21.