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The Clearing

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When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2004-07-02

Runtime: 95 mins

Director: Pieter Jan Brugge

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Original title: The Clearing

Production Companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Thousand Words, Mediastream Dritte Film

Production Countries: Germany, United States of America

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