In the Cut

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In the Cut

Promotional poster for the film.
Directed by Jane Campion
Produced by Nicole Kidman
Laurie Parker
Written by Jane Campion
Susanna Moore (novel)
Stavros Kazantzidis
Starring Meg Ryan
Mark Ruffalo
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Music by Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Cinematography Dion Beebe
Editing by Alexandre de Franceschi
Distributed by Screen Gems
Columbia Pictures
Pathé
Release date(s) Flag of Canada September 9, 2003
Flag of United States October 22, 2003
Running time 119 min.
Country US/UK/Australia
Language English
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In the Cut is a 2003 American/British/Australian crime/erotic thriller film written and directed by New Zealand director Jane Campion. It is based on a Susanna Moore novel, and has been released on DVD. The unrated version is notorious for a scene of apparent unsimulated fellatio witnessed by Meg Ryan's character, although it was later revealed in the film commentary that the actress fellated a dildo.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Based on the best-selling novel by Susanna Moore, In the Cut is a psychological thriller in which Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a lonely New York City high school English teacher, who is compiling a dictionary of urban slang with the help of one her students. Frannie "discovers the darker side of passion"[1] after becoming involved with a tough homicide detective investigating a series of murders in her neighborhood. As the plot develops, she begins to wonder if the detective (Mark Ruffalo) might be the murderer, but remains curious and passionate. When Frannie's younger half-sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is decapitated by the murderer, her doubts about the detective increase.

Spoilers end here.

Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion spent five years developing the film. This is Kidman's producing debut. Nicole Kidman was originally cast as Frannie, but dropped out because she was divorcing and needed more time with her adopted children; Meg Ryan was hired.

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