The Watcher (2000) [R]

Release Date:
September 8, 2000

Original Title:
The Watcher

Genres:
Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Choi / Niami Productions
Driven Productions
Interlight
Lewitt / Eberts Productions
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  DE: 16  FR: 12|18  IE: 15  NL: 12  TH: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 96

Don't go home alone.

FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.

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ADR Recordist:
Beau Shiminsky

Art Direction:
Jeff Wallace

Associate Producer:
Jean-Francois Cavelier

Boom Operator:
Ronald L. Wright
Jean-Yves Munch
Alex Riordan

Co-Executive Producer:
John D. Crededio

Costume Design:
Jay Hurley

Director:
Joe Charbanic

Director of Photography:
Michael Chapman

Editor:
Richard Nord

Executive Producer:
Patrick D. Cheh
Paul Pompian

Makeup Artist:
Denise Wynbrandt

Original Music Composer:
Marco Beltrami

Producer:
Christopher Eberts
Nile Niami
Elliott Lewitt
Jeff Rice

Production Design:
Maria Caso
Brian Eatwell

Screenplay:
David Elliot
Clay Ayers

Set Decoration:
Pat Raney

Sound Effects Editor:
Perry Robertson
Glenn T. Morgan

Sound Engineer:
John Kurlander

Story:
Darcy Meyers
David Elliot

Stunts:
Linda Perlin

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