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The Maker | |
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Directed by | Tim Hunter |
Written by | Rand Ravich |
Produced by | Andrew Lazar Demitri Samaha |
Starring | Matthew Modine Mary-Louise Parker Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Fairuza Balk |
Cinematography | Hubert Taczanowski |
Edited by | Scott Chestnut |
Music by | Carol Sue Baker |
Production companies | Demitri Samaha Productions Mad Chance Millennium Films |
Distributed by | Amuse Video |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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