The Vanishing
by George Sluizer
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Actor: Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Park Overall, Sandra BullockDirector: George Sluizer
Producer: Larry Brezner
Producer: Lauren Weissman
Producer: Paul Schiff
Producer: Pieter Jan Brugge
Producer: Todd Graff
Writer: Todd Graff
Writer: Tim Krabb?
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: The Search for a Missing Woman
Summary: 3 Stars
A young man and his girlfriend have some squabbles. They stop at a highway store for gas. Diane goes to buy a drink, but she never returns. The film shows a lone man who put a cast on his right arm to appear crippled. Diane's disappearance is advertised but there are no replies. Jeff continues with his life; he is a writer. Rita investigates his computer and finds some secrets. Jeff explains his actions. Rita works on the problem. Jeff makes his decision. He gets a letter from the man who says he kidnapped Diane. Will they meet? Will Rita be disgusted and leave? [Nobody locks their doors?]
Barney shows up for suspense. Jeff meets him and displays his feelings. Will Jeff follow Barney after being promised a meeting with Diane? Rita goes back to check on Jeff and gets the license plate number of Barney's car! Barney tells how he lured an unsuspecting young woman to his car. Jeff and Barney converse. Will Jeff do something foolish? Will Rita take that metal box? It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. There is conflict again. Rita has spunk, she is a fighter. She revives Jeff for a happy ending. "We don't drink coffee anymore."
This is an interesting story about a clever murderer who is a seemingly respectable college professor. You may find fault with parts of this suspense story. "Beware of a friendly stranger who wants to do you a favor" said Confucius. That is the moral of this story. Don't cooperate with a crazy killer either.
Summary of The Vanishing
In this riveting, tension-filled psychological thriller, a young woman (Sandra Bullock) mysteriously disappears, sending her boyfriend Jeff (Kiefer Sutherland) on a years-long quest to find her. Not even a new love (Nancy Travis) can keep him from his obsessive search. All the while, the calculating psychopath (Jeff Bridges) who kidnapped his girlfriend stalks Jeff, ultimately taking him through the exact same steps that led to the crime. In order to find out what happened, Jeff must put his own life in the hands of this devious stranger.It's not unusual for Hollywood to remake European hits. What is unusual is the director of the original getting the chance to helm the new version with an American cast, which is what happened with this film based on an intensely creepy Dutch film of the same name (both directed by George Sluizer). Kiefer Sutherland and Sandra Bullock are on vacation when, while stopped at a crowded rest area, she disappears. He devotes the next several years to discovering what happened to her, ruining his life in the process. When he does get a clue, it leads him to Jeff Bridges, who plays a bizarre and highly organized individual whose motives are almost as strange as he is. Bridges is spooky, but Sluizer ultimately is undone by Hollywood's demand for a happy ending, which makes this film affecting but far less unsettling than the original. --Marshall Fine
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