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Ransom (1996) Plus avec IMDbPro »

• Production was delayed a few days when Mel Gibson needed an emergency appendectomy.
  
  
• Tom (Gibson) suggests "John Smith" as a good pseudonym; Gibson provided the voice for John Smith in Pocahontas (1995).
  
  
• In the science fair scene, when Rene Russo's character asks which school is this, they reply P.S. 41. This is an actual school which provided some of the science fair props for the scene.
  
  
• Composer Howard Shore wrote and recorded a full score, which was rejected by director 'Ron Howard' and replaced with a new one by James Horner.
  
  
• The nosy reporter at the party was played by actual reporter A.J. Benza and the partner of Gary Sinise in the convenience store scene was played by screenwriter Richard Price.
  
  
• This film was based on an episode of "The United States Steel Hour" (1953) called "Fearful Decision" that first aired live on June 22, 1954. It was so well received it was restaged on May 10, 1955. A film was made from the drama called Ransom! (1956) that was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
  
  
• The story about the Eloi (above ground) en the Morlocks (under ground) that Sinise tells to Gibson by car phone is from H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine".
  
  
• Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jack Black both auditioned for the role of Cubby Barnes.
  
  
• Ron Howard's first choice for the role of Jimmy Shaker was Alec Baldwin, who turned it down due to the sinister nature of the character as well as the film's theme of endangering a child.
  
  
• Ron Howard turned down the offer to direct The Chamber (1996) to direct this film.
  
  

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