Cord (2000)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Joel Hladecek (writer)
Yas Takata (writer)

Genre:

Thriller | Crime | Drama

Plot:

A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead. |

Plot Keywords:

Presumed Dead | Answering Machine | Surgery | Home Invasion | Tractor

Cast

Daryl Hannah	...	Anne White
Jennifer Tilly	...	Helen
Bruce Greenwood	...	Jack
Vincent Gallo	...	Frank
Johanna Black	...	Emily
Sharon Bajer	...	Dr. Webster
Chad Bruce	...	Detective Duncan
Vanessa MaCrae	...	Delivery Woman
Blake Taylor	...	Good Doctor
Seun Olagunju	...	Young Man
Darren Pitura	...	Young Sheriff
Brent Fidler	...	Doctor
Deborah Patterson	...	Head Nurse

Directed by
Sidney J. Furie

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joel Hladecek		writer
Yas Takata		writer

Produced by
Mark Amin	....	executive producer
Ritchard Findlay	....	line producer
Jeff Geoffray	....	executive producer
Gary Howsam	....	producer
Walter Josten	....	executive producer
Pieter Kroonenburg	....	producer
Gilles Paquin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Robert Carli

Cinematography by
Curtis Petersen		(director of photography) (as Curtus J. Petersen)

Film Editing by
Saul Pincus

Casting by
Rebecca Gibson

Production Design by
Réjean Labrie

Set Decoration by
Stephen Arndt

Costume Design by
Darena Snowe		(as Darena Sosnowsky)

Makeup Department
Pamela M. Athayde	....	key makeup artist (as Pamela Athayde)
Doug Morrow	....	special makeup effects artist
Pina Robinson	....	key hair stylist
Catherina Saites	....	additional hair stylist
Lona Vigi	....	makeup artist
Geri Woods	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Judith Cogan-Andrews	....	post-production supervisor
Ellen Rutter	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danielle Dumesnil	....	second assistant director
Richard O'Brien-Moran	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ryan Berzuk	....	assistant property master
Lloyd Brandson	....	key scenic artist
Marion Degraves	....	scenic artist
Olaf Dux	....	construction coordinator
Mark Gebel	....	property master
Jason Gibbs	....	set dresser
Simon Hughes	....	painter
Scott Rossell	....	lead set dresser
Brian Smith	....	head scenic carpenter
Sherry Starkell	....	assistant art director (as Sherri Starkell)
Andrea Von Wichert	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
John Bracco	....	foley engineer
Ken Cade	....	sound effects editor
Ray Campbell	....	dialogue editor
Russ Dyck	....	sound recordist
Russell Dyck	....	sound recordist
John Dykstra	....	adr recordist
John Gare	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant
Leon Johnson	....	production sound mixer
Samuel Libraty	....	additional adr supervisor
Anita Lubosch	....	boom operator
Timothy Mehlenbacher	....	assistant sound editor
Steve Munro	....	supervising sound editor
Zac Piper	....	assistant sound editor
Tim Roberts	....	adr editor
Virginia Storey	....	foley artist
Jamie Sulek	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Drainie Taylor	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Rory Cutler	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Carl Laudan	....	digital artist

Stunts
Stephen Gerwing	....	stunts (as Steven Gerwing)
Leslie McMichael	....	stunt double
Leslie McMichael	....	stunts (as Leslie Spongberg)
Andrea Shawcross	....	stunt double
Andrea Shawcross	....	stunts
Rick Skene	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Skene	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Saeed Adyani	....	still photographer
Sandes Ashe	....	first assistant camera
Richard Ball	....	dolly grip
Fred Greenslade	....	still photographer
Cliff Hokanson	....	Steadicam operator
Cliff Hokanson	....	camera operator
Tammy Jones	....	second assistant camera
Gary Kennedy	....	first assistant camera
Steve Madden	....	key grip
Steven Morrisson	....	gaffer
Rob Rowan	....	best boy electric
Claude Savard	....	second assistant camera
Greg Zielinski	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Rebecca Gibson	....	extras casting
Marjorie Lecker	....	casting: Toronto

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wanda Farian	....	costume assistant
Maureen Petkau	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Kenn Elliott	....	final colorist
Maureen Nolan	....	assistant editor
Maureen Nolan	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Christopher Graham	....	music assistant
Danny Sustar	....	music mixer

Transportation Department
Ryan Kulbaba	....	driver
John Mysyk	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Perich	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Kirsten Andrews	....	publicist
Milt Bruchanski	....	assistant location manager (as Milton Bruchanski)
Kelly Ditz	....	craft service
Victor Dobchuk	....	location manager
Richard Duffy	....	set production assistant
Adeline Elias	....	production accountant
Cherie Gibson	....	assistant production coordinator
Richard Hirschfield	....	office production assistant
Phyllis Laing	....	production accountant
David Lapp	....	assistant production accountant
Tanya Mazur	....	script supervisor
Laura Neufeld	....	production coordinator
Louise O'Brien-Moran	....	location production assistant
Michelle Romeo	....	set production assistant
Nicolina Servello	....	assistant: Mr. Kroonenburg
Mike Sloan	....	assistant production accountant
David Tripet	....	distribution representative: Trimark

Thanks
Craig Nicholls	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• GFT Paquin Entertainment

Distributors

• GAGA Communications (2000) (Japan) (theatrical) (Tokyo)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• SBP (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
• SPO (200?) (Japan) (VHS)
• TVA Films (1999) (Canada) (DVD)
• Talpa (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Trimark Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Hide and Seek (UK) (video title) (USA) (video title)
Jeu mortel (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | Canada:R | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

GFT Paquin Entertainment

Off the wall and hilarious!

From the outset, 'Hide and Seek' promises more than it can deliver, and left me not only disappointed, but also a little disturbed.

It storms straight into the story with Anne (Hannah) kidnapped by an intruder. With a series of flashbacks we are told that she was expecting a child, only to be informed at the hospital that she has made a mistake and is, in fact, not pregnant. It transpires that the guy doing the tests is the kidnapper, and he and his wife plan to hold Anne captive throughout her pregnancy, ultimately killing her and keeping the baby as their own.

There is a glimmer of an original idea behind this, but it is so badly executed that after about 45 minutes it really begins to drag. Obviously, the comparisons to 'Misery' are expected, but if you thought Kathy Bates' performance was over the top, wait until you see Jennifer Tilly! - not so much a woman on the edge, more like 200 miles over it! She sounds like a demented 'Mickey Mouse' (check out the bedroom scene, she even has the ears!) and grows ever more unbelievable, swinging from charming host to psycho killer in a flash. But this show degenerates into farce, particularly in the scene with the 'diaper service'. I was in hysterics! A totally unbelievable character, and therefore lacking in any malice, and providing no suspense whatsoever. The rest of the movie is full of such glaring plotholes that it comes across like a cheesy TV movie, with the whole idea leaving a nasty taste.

Watch it for Tilly if nothing else. You won't forget it!!