Held for Ransom (2000 film)

Held for Ransom
Held for Ransom
	DVD cover
Directed by	Lee Stanley
Written by	Lois Duncan ; Lee Stanley; Nickolas Perry
Produced by	Randall Emmett ; George Furla
Starring	Dennis Hopper ; Zachary Ty Bryan
Cinematography	Steve Adcock
Edited by	Danny Saphire
Production; company	Emmett/Furla Films
Distributed by	Blockbuster Video
Release date	November 14, 2000;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated March 12, 2025

Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video thriller film starring Dennis Hopper, Zachery Ty Bryan, Morgan Fairchild and Debi Mazar. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Five spoiled high-school students are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area.

Cast

Dennis Hopper as J.D.
Zachery Ty Bryan as Glenn Kirtland
Kam Heskin as Jesse McCormick
Tsianina Joelson as Marianne
Jordan Brower as Bruce Kirtland
Randy Spelling as Dexter
Paul Dillon as John
Morgan Fairchild as Mrs. Kirtland
John Getz as Mr. Kirtland
Timothy Bottoms as Fred Donavan
Debi Mazar as Rita
Joan Van Ark as Nancy Donovan
Tyler Kuhn as Randy Donovan
Shelly Burch as Mrs. McCormick
Robert Noble as Mrs. Godfrey
Keith MacKechnie as Detective Van Bommel
David Siegel as Crime Scene Detective
Russell Warner as Officer Matthews
J.D. Husocki as Officer Bronson
Joe Hess as Swamp Man #1
Thomas Rosales, Jr. as Swamp Man #2

Production

It was filmed over three weeks 1999 in the Everglades, Miami and Orlando Disney's MGM studios and surrounding areas.

References

↑ Abbott, Jim (6 October 1999). "Dennis Hopper Film Begins Shooting Later This Month". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 21 December 2017.
↑ Campbell, Ramsey (December 12, 1999). "Director's Mom Eager For Release Of 'Ransom'" . Retrieved July 10, 2020.

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[1] Abbott, Jim (6 October 1999). "Dennis Hopper Film Begins Shooting Later This Month". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 21 December 2017.

[2] Campbell, Ramsey (December 12, 1999). "Director's Mom Eager For Release Of 'Ransom'" . Retrieved July 10, 2020.

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Novels	Love Song for Joyce (1958) Debutante Hill (1958) A Promise for Joyce (1959) The Middle Sister (1960) Game of Danger (1962) Season of the Two-Heart (1965) Point of Violence (1966) Ransom (1966) They Never Came Home (1968) Major Andre, Brave Enemy (1968) Peggy (1970) Hotel for Dogs (1971) A Gift of Magic (1971) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) When the Bough Breaks (1973) Down a Dark Hall (1974) Summer of Fear (1976) Killing Mr. Griffin (1978) Daughters of Eve (1979) Stranger with My Face (1981) The Third Eye (1984) Locked in Time (1985) The Twisted Window (1987) Don't Look Behind You (1989) Gallows Hill (1997) News for Dogs (2009) Movie for Dogs (2010)
Picture books	The Littlest One in the Family (1959) Silly Mother (1962) Giving Away Suzanne (1962) The Terrible Tales of Happy Days School (1983) Horses of Dreamland (1985) Wonder Kid Meets the Evil Lunch Snatcher The Birthday Moon (1989) The Circus Comes Home (1993) The Magic of Spider Woman (1996) The Longest Hair in the World (1999) I Walk at Night (2000) Song of the Circus (2002)
Nonfiction	How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences (1979) Chapters: My Growth as a Writer (1982) Who Killed My Daughter? (1992) Psychic Connections (1995) One to the Wolves (2013)
Poetry collections	From Spring to Spring (1983) Seasons of the Heart (2007)
Film adaptations	Summer of Fear (1978) I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Killing Mr. Griffin (1997) I've Been Waiting for You (1998) Don't Look Behind You (1999) Held for Ransom (2000) Hotel for Dogs (2009) Stranger with My Face (2009) Down a Dark Hall (2018)