Red Corner

Red Corner
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon Avnet
Written byRobert King
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub
Edited byPeter E. Berger
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byMGM Distribution Co.
Release date
  • October 31, 1997 (1997-10-31) (United States)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$48 million[1]
Box office$22,415,440 (USA)

Red Corner is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Richard Gere, Bai Ling and Bradley Whitford. Written by Robert King, the film is about an American businessman in China who ends up wrongfully on trial for murder. His only hope of exoneration and freedom is a female defense lawyer from the country.[2] The film received the 1997 National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award (Richard Gere, Jon Avnet) and the NBR Award for Breakthrough Female Performance (Bai Ling). Ling also won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress.[3]

  1. ^ MGM at a prelim, Variety, January 22, 1997
  2. ^ "Red Corner". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "Awards for Red Corner". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 19, 2012.