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88 Minutes | |
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Directed by | Jon Avnet |
Written by | Gary Scott Thompson |
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Cinematography | Denis Lenoir |
Edited by | Peter Berger |
Music by | Edward Shearmur |
Production companies | TriStar Pictures[1] Millennium Films[1] Nu Image[2][3] Emmett/Furla Films[3] Brightlight Pictures[1] Family Room Entertainment[1] Brooklyn Films[1] |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing[2] |
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Running time | 110 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[3] |
Box office | $32.6 million [4] |
88 Minutes is a 2007 thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough and Benjamin McKenzie. In the film, famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Pacino) is one of the most sought-after profilers in the world. His expert testimony resulted in the conviction of serial killer Jon Forster (McDonough). However, on the eve of Forster's execution, one of Gramm's students is murdered in a vicious copycat crime, and Gramm himself receives an ominous message informing him that he has 88 minutes to live. Filming began in the Vancouver area on October 8, 2005, and wrapped up in December 2005. In 2007 the film was released in various European countries.
In May 2007, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group paid $6 million to acquire North American and select international distribution rights of 88 Minutes.[5][6] The group released the film in the United States theatrically on April 18, 2008, through TriStar Pictures.