Proof of Life

Proof of Life is a slow starter, and a running time of more than two hours is a bit much, but apart from that it is an entertaining thriller.
   The story takes place in the banana republic of Tecala where the idealistic engineer Peter Bowman is constructing a dam. On his way to work he is abducted by a group of guerillas who soon realize that Peter is a valuable hostage.
   The only problem is that Peter's company has just been dissolved and sold, so he is not insured against kidnapping. After much consideration the kidnap and ransom expert and former soldier Terry Thorne agrees to help Peter's wife Alice getting her husband back safe, but the case turns out to be more than just a little tricky.
   In an underdevelopped subplot Terry and Alice are attracted to each other, but nothing really comes of it.

Directed by:

Taylor Hackford

Music composed by:

Jerry Goldsmith

Written by:
Tony Gilroy from an essay i Vanity Fair "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" by William Prochnau and from the novel "Long March to Freedom" by Thomas Hargrove.

Cast:

Meg Ryan	Alice Bowman
Russell Crowe	Terry Thorne
David Morse	Peter Bowman
Pamela Reed	Janis Goodman
David Caruso	Dino
Anthony Heald	Ted Fellner
Gottfried John	Eric Kessler
Alun Armstrong	Wyatt
Michael Kitchen	Ian Harvery