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Secret Window

6.6

Released March 12, 2004Runtime 1h 36min

The most important part of a story is the ending.

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Pariah

Grand Slam Productions

Columbia Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $40,000,000
Revenue: $92,900,000
Profit/Loss: $52,900,000

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Cast

Johnny DeppMort Rainey

John TurturroJohn Shooter

Maria BelloAmy Rainey

Timothy HuttonTed Milner

Charles S. DuttonKen Karsch

Len CariouSheriff Dave Newsome

Joan HeneyMrs. Garvey

John Dunn-HillTom Greenleaf

Vlasta VranaFire Chief Wickersham

Matt HollandDetective Bradley

Gillian FerrabeeFran Evans

Bronwen MantelGreta Bowie

Elizabeth MarleauJuliet Stoker

Kyle AllattBusboy

Richard JutrasMotel Manager

Sarah AllenSheriff's Niece

Crew

David KoeppDirector

Pedro GandolFirst Assistant Director

Linda PerkinsSecond Assistant Director

Jesabelle BoileauAdditional Third Assistant Director

Stephen KingNovel

David KoeppScreenplay

Gavin PoloneProducer

Ezra SwerdlowExecutive Producer

John PapsideraCasting

Patricia McCorkleCasting

Kim De PietroLocation Manager

Hélène MullerProduction Coordinator

Manon BougieUnit Production Manager

Ed LewisCasting Associate

Margaux MackaySupervising Producer

Patrick LegaultUnit Manager

Gabriel LavinaCasting Assistant

Jen CoxFirst Assistant Accountant

Marjorie HamelProduction Assistant

Jeff CaronLocation Assistant

Will ReichelPost Production Coordinator

Robert CavalluzzoAssistant Location Manager

Yves DesjardinsTravel Coordinator

Steve LeblancTruck Production Assistant

Lee GenickExtras Casting

Jill SavittEditor

Fred MurphyDirector of Photography

Denis HamelProperty Master

Geoff ZanelliOriginal Music Composer

Philip GlassOriginal Music Composer

Odette GadouryCostume Design

Howard CummingsProduction Design

Gilles AirdArt Direction

Francine DanisSet Decoration

Tim ChauSound Re-Recording Mixer

Patricia ReganMakeup Artist

Tom LynnesCG Supervisor

Suzana PericMusic Editor

Rosalie Clermont-BilodeauAssistant Costume Designer

Christine LarocqueWigmaker

Mélanie BergeronSet Medic

Michael RiesmanScoring Mixer

Alan ElliottAdditional Music

Alan JacquesProjection

Daniel RossTransportation Coordinator

Pierre CoutureVisual Effects Producer

Alexandre JuanedaTransportation Captain

Chris ReganColor Timer

Jordan LindbladEditorial Production Assistant

Erik GosselinProsthetic Supervisor

Claude BeaucageCarpenter

Jonathan WenkStill Photographer

Arthur ArgoteDigital Compositors

David McKeownStunt Coordinator

Vincent BrabantDriver

Sylvain BernierGaffer

Albert GasserSound Effects Editor

Christopher AlmericoVisual Effects Coordinator

Raynald LangelierSet Designer

Lukasz JogallaCamera Operator

Lyse PomerleauCostume Supervisor

Stephanie Girard-HamelinVideo Assist Operator

Irene KassowVisual Effects Editor

Jean-François AbranElectrician

Robert HeinSupervising Sound Editor

Martin ChalifouxConstruction Coordinator

Réjean GoderreKey Hair Stylist

C.J. GoldmanMakeup Effects

Marc JulienSet Production Assistant

Jean-Philippe CollinStand In

Maxime FerlandBoom Operator

Mathieu DécaryFirst Assistant Camera

Jere GillisStunts

Marco VendittoRigging Gaffer

Gray MarshallVisual Effects Supervisor

Patrick RousseauSound

Karine LemieuxStunt Double

Ben GauthierStunts

Micheline TrépanierKey Makeup Artist

Alexandre JuneauSet Dresser

Jordi MontblanchGrip

Mo HenryNegative Cutter

Brad KanferAssistant Sound Editor

Patrick LimaDolly Grip

David BriggsFoley Editor

Kenneth MacKenzieKey Grip

Randall BalsmeyerTitle Designer

Deborah WallachADR Supervisor

Roseann MilanoWardrobe Supervisor

Bruce FowlerOrchestrator

Manon BoucherSpecial Effects Technician

Phillip FullerSound Mix Technician

Mark J. PetraccaMusic Consultant

Isabelle LeducWardrobe Assistant

Ron CrabbMatte Painter

David DinelBest Boy Grip

Alain RousseauSecond Assistant Camera

Howard LondonADR Mixer

Bernard GuaySpecial Effects Assistant

Adam GeigerAssistant Editor

Leah YanantonCostume Assistant

Nathan J. Busch IIHairdresser

Marcello BezinaStunt Double

Mathieu-Félix DrouinClapper Loader

Stephane BoisvertGenerator Operator

Henry Godding Jr.ADR Recordist

Michael RiesmanConductor

Brick MasonStoryboard Artist

Nancy CabreraFoley Artist

Abeille TardCamera Trainee

David HammeColorist

Steve BowenDigital Colorist

Tania VeriCast Driver

Sean LanderosSound Recordist

Sylvia MennoDialogue Editor

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Reviews

You strike me as the kind of guy who's on the lookout for a head he can knock off with a shovel. It's actually a film that shows both the good and bad sides of Johnny Depp and Stephen King adaptations to film form. Depp plays a writer who whilst going through a divorce and living out in the c...

**A successful writer who accused of plagiarism.** It was based on the novel, though the original title makes more sense than this film. Maybe they wanted to avert the spoiler. But I don't think it would have affected much, because the twist comes at the final segment. The tale of a writer who i...

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is a great mystery / psychological thriller, but most of what makes it interesting is a spoiler. They do a great job of creating the tension, or Johnny Depp does, as he's alone on screen for about half the movie. The rest of the c...

**_Suffering betrayal, an author faces challenges at his remote lake house_** A successful writer (Johnny Depp) is finalizing divorce proceedings while working on a new book at his house on a lake in upstate New York when a hick from the Deep South shows up at his doorstep, accusing him of plagi...