

Proof of Life
For her, it's personal. For him, it's a contract.
When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $65M
- Box office
- $62.8M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- kidnapping
- hostage
- engineer
- south america
- american abroad
- liberation army
- hostage negotiator
- ransom demand
- missing husband
- based on magazine, newspaper or article
- hostages
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United States of America, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Poland
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereR4 Dec 2000
- TheatricalR8 Dec 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical152 Mar 2001
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM1 Mar 2001
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+22 Mar 2001
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical159 Mar 2001
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-159 Mar 2001
FranceFR
- TheatricalU4 Apr 2001
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1222 Mar 2001
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1530 Mar 2001
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1615 Mar 2001
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT152 Mar 2001
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG17 Mar 2001
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Proof of Life was released on 8 December 2000.
Audience reviews
2- J6/10
John Chard
6/20/2015
We're out of miracles. Russell Crowe would of course come to be better known elsewhere (filmicly) in this year, but what of his other release in 2000? Proof of Life is a blender, a picture that is in part thriller, part romance, part drama and part observation on a very real life problem - that of kidnapping for ransom. So many genres to tackle means that invariably Taylor Hackford's film feels over stuffed, pushi…
- K8/10
kendallgibson
8/26/2026
"We're out of miracles." Whatever that means -- moving on, this movie *rips*! It has the premise of a B-movie action flick but the pizazz of a top shelf blockbuster, not to mention it has completely been removed from the zeitgeist so it feels uncanny and insane that it even exists. The dad from Contact gets kidnapped for being a rich white man in South America, and only Russell Crowe has the grit and wherewithal to r…
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