The Pledge (film)
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For the 2008 Western TV movie, see A Gunfighter's Pledge. For the 2018 horror film, see Pledge (film).
The Pledge is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological mystery drama film directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson alongside an ensemble supporting cast of Patricia Clarkson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Mickey Rourke, Tom Noonan, Lois Smith and Benicio del Toro. It was in competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
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Directed by | Sean Penn |
Screenplay by | Jerzy Kromolowski Mary Olson-Kromolowski |
Based on | The Pledge by Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
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Cinematography | Chris Menges |
Edited by | Jay Lash Cassidy |
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Distributed by | Morgan Creek Productions, Inc. (through Warner Bros. Pictures) |
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Running time | 123 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $37 million[2] |
Box office | $29.4 million[3] |
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The Pledge is based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1958 novella The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel. Dürrenmatt wrote the novella to refine the theme he originally developed in the screenplay for the 1958 German film It Happened in Broad Daylight with Heinz Rühmann.