Abducted (film)

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Abducted
Directed byBoon Collins
Written byBoon Collins
Lindsay Bourne
Produced byHarold J. Cole
Starring Dan Haggerty
Roberta Weiss
Cinematography Robert McLachlan
Edited byBruce Lange
Music byMichel Rubini
Production
company
Erin Films
Distributed byInterpictures Releasing
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Abducted is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Boon Collins and released in 1986. [1] The film stars Dan Haggerty as Joe Evans, a mountain man who abducts jogger Renee (Roberta Weiss) and holds her prisoner at his cabin. [2]

The cast also includes Lawrence King-Phillips, William Nunn, Stephen E. Miller, John Welsh, James Tyson, Rae Ford, Harold J. McCullough, Skip Borland, Rob Morton, Nelson Camire, Earl Jergens and Roy Waggoner.

VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever characterized it as a "weird and unbelievably tedious" film whose primary value is that it contains spectacular wilderness footage. [2]

Peter Clements, David Appleby and Don White received a Genie Award nomination for Best Overall Sound at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987. [3]

Collins released a sequel film, Abducted II: The Reunion, in 1994. [4]

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References

  1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN   1-894073-21-5. p. 8.
  2. 1 2 "Abducted". Encyclopedia.com .
  3. John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail , February 5, 1987.
  4. Marc Horton, "For T-shirt lovers only; Abducted sequel a sex-exploitive wilderness stinker". Edmonton Journal , December 18, 1994.