| The Clearing | |
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| Directed by | Pieter Jan Brugge |
| Written by | Pieter Jan Brugge Justin Haythe |
| Produced by | Pieter Jan Brugge Jonah Smith Palmer West |
| Starring | Robert Redford Helen Mirren Willem Dafoe |
| Cinematography | Denis Lenoir |
| Edited by | Kevin Tent |
| Music by | Craig Armstrong |
Production companies | Blue Ridge Motion Pictures Fox Searchlight Pictures Mediastream Dritte Film GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG Thousand Words Wildwood Enterprises |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | Germany United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12.5 million[1] |
The Clearing is a 2004 American thriller drama film and the directorial debut of film producer Pieter Jan Brugge. The film is loosely based on the real-life kidnapping and murder of Dutch businessman Gerrit Jan Heijn that took place in the Netherlands in 1987. The screenplay was written by Justin Haythe.
- ^ "The Clearing (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 13, 2016.