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Proof of Life

For her, it's personal. For him, it's a contract.

6.2(911)20002h 15m4

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

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

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    John Chard

    6/20/2015

    6/10

    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…

  • K

    kendallgibson

    8/26/2026

    8/10

    "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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