Butterfly on a Wheel

Lives will be broken
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
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Release date
Budget
$20 000 000
Revenue
$7 651 640
Director
Scenario
William Morrissey
Composer
Robert Duncan
Producer
Actors
Photo Maria Bello
Maria Bello
Abby Randall
Photo Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler
Neil Randall
Photo Emma Karwandy
Emma Karwandy
Sophie Randall
Photo Claudette Mink
Claudette Mink
Judy Ryan
Photo Desiree Zurowski
Desiree Zurowski
Helen Schriver
Photo Nicholas Lea
Nicholas Lea
Jerry Crane
Photo Peter Keleghan
Peter Keleghan
Karl Granger
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Short description

Neil and Abby Randall appear to have everything: a happy marriage, a young daughter, and a comfortable life. That life is turned upside down when their daughter Sophie is abducted. The man behind the kidnapping, Tom Ryan, makes it clear that money is not what he wants. Instead, he forces the couple through a series of escalating demands designed to strip away everything they have built, leaving them desperate to protect their child and each other.

The film is a crime thriller directed by Mike Barker, working from a screenplay by William Morrissey. It was released in 2007, between Barker's A Good Woman and Luckiest Girl Alive. Pierce Brosnan, who also produced, plays Tom Ryan, with Maria Bello and Gerard Butler as Abby and Neil Randall. Emma Karwandy appears as Sophie, and Claudette Mink and Desiree Zurowski round out the cast.

Produced across the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States by companies including Icon Productions and Irish Dreamtime, the film had a budget of about 20 million dollars and took roughly 8 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.9 from a small number of votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.4 from several hundred.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film's title in English is “Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?,” which translates approximately as “a small investment, a big return.”
  • Pierce Brosnan actually crashed a car in the parking lot.

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