Eye for an eye

Resource Information

The work Eye for an eye represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Eye for an eye

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures presents a Michael I. Levy production ; a John Schlesinger film ; screenplay by Amanda Silver & Rick Jaffa ; produced by Michael I. Levy ; directed by John Schlesinger

Creator

• Eye for an eye (Motion picture : 1996)

Contributor

• Burnette, Olivia, 1977-
• D'Angelo, Beverly
• Field, Sally
• Harris, Ed, 1950-
• Holzer, Erika
• Honess, Peter
• Howard, James Newton
• Jaffa, Rick
• Kyle, Alexandra
• Levy, Michael I
• Mantegna, Joe
• Mokri, Amir
• Schlesinger, John, 1926-2003
• Silver, Amanda
• Sutherland, Kiefer, 1966-
• Paramount Pictures Corporation

Subject

• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Parents of murder victims
• Parents of murder victims -- Drama
• Suspense films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Vigilantes
• Vigilantes -- Drama

Genre

• Thriller
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Suspense films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

Karen McCann's orderly life is shattered when a stranger breaks into her home and murders her 17-year-old daughter. But shock and grief turn into rage and disbelief when the killer is released on a legal technicality. When he commits another murder--and is set free once again-- Karen is determined to make him pay for his crimes. Alienating her husband and her friends, Karen quietly and methodically devises a deadly plan for retribution

Member of

• Widescreen DVD collection

Cataloging source

TEF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Amir M. Mokri ; editor, Peter Honess ; music, James Newton Howard

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for language and disturbing violence which includes rape

Language note

English (5.1 surround or Dolby surround) and French (stereo) language soundtracks with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English

PerformerNote

Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Beverly D'Angelo, Charlayne Woodard, Joe Mantegna, Olivia Burnette, Alexandra Kyle

Runtime

101

Series statement

Widescreen DVD collection

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action