The Cry of the Owl (2009 film)

The Cry of the Owl
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Directed by	Jamie Thraves
Screenplay by	Jamie Thraves
Based on	The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
Produced by	Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre Malte Grunert Jennifer Kawaja Julia Sereny Sytze van der Laan
Starring	Paddy Considine Julia Stiles Karl Pruner James Gilbert
Cinematography	Luc Montpellier
Edited by	David Charap
Music by	Jeff Danna
Production company	BBC Films
Distributed by	Myriad Pictures
Release dates	June 22, 2009 (2009-06-22) (Germany) August 19, 2009 (2009-08-19) (France) March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12) (United States) April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19) (United Kingdom) May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21) (Canada)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom Canada France Germany
Language	English

The Cry of the Owl is a 2009 thriller film based on Patricia Highsmith's 1962 book of the same name, and was directed by Jamie Thraves. It stars Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, and Karl Pruner. This is the third filming of the book after the 1987 French film adaptation by Claude Chabrol and a German TV adaptation titled Der Schrei der Eule also from 1987. After Robert Forrester is caught by Jenny Thierolf, the girl he has been spying on, he becomes the victim of her manipulative advances. The disappearance of Jenny's fiancé Greg after a fight with Robert marks the beginning of a series of dangerous and ultimately fatal incidents.