Red Eye (2005 American film)

Red Eye
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWes Craven
Screenplay byCarl Ellsworth
Story by
  • Carl Ellsworth
  • Dan Foos
Produced byChris Bender
Marianne Maddalena
Starring
CinematographyRobert Yeoman
Edited by
Music byMarco Beltrami
Production
companies
  • BenderSpink
  • Craven-Maddalena Films
Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures
Release date
  • August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)
Running time
85 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$26 million[2]
Box office$96.2 million[2]

Red Eye is a 2005 American psychological thriller film directed by Wes Craven and written by Carl Ellsworth based on a story by Ellsworth and Dan Foos. It stars Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Cox. The story follows a hotel manager ensnared in an assassination plot by a terrorist while aboard a red-eye flight to Miami.

The film score was composed and conducted by Marco Beltrami. It was distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and released on August 19, 2005.

The film received positive reviews and was a box-office success. An extended version of the film, which added previously unused footage to increase the running time, was broadcast on the ABC network several times.

  1. ^ "RED EYE (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. August 10, 2005. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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