The Relic
They did the unthinkable. They brought it back.
- 1997
- Rated R
- 1h 50m
- Horror
- Mystery
- Thriller
- Science Fiction
Rating: 6.2 out of 10TMDB(675 votes)
Overview
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
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Box office
Grossed $34M worldwide against a $60M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Relic
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Filming locations
Filmed in Chicago and Field Museum of Natural History
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Setting
Set in Chicago and American Museum of Natural History
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Music
Music by John Debney
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Peter Hyams
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Amy Holden JonesScreenplay
- John RaffoScreenplay
- Lincoln ChildNovel
- Douglas PrestonNovel
- Rick JaffaScreenplay
- Amanda SilverScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 10, 1997
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $60M
- Revenue
- $34M
- Countries
- Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Cast
Penelope Ann MillerDr. Margo Green
Tom SizemoreLt. Vincent D'Agosta
Linda HuntDr. Ann Cuthbert
James WhitmoreDr. Albert Frock
Clayton RohnerDet. Hollingsworth
Chi Muoi LoDr. Greg Lee- Thomas RyanTom Parkinson
Robert LesserMayor Robert Owen
Diane RobinThe Mayor's Wife
Lewis van BergenJohn Whitney
Constance TowersMrs. Harriet Blaisedale
Francis X. McCarthyMr. George Blaisedale
Audra LindleyDr. Matilda Zwiezic
John KapelosMcNally
Tico WellsBailey
Mike BacarellaBradley
Gene DavisMartini
John DiSantiGuard Wootton
David ProvalGuard Johnson
Jophery C. BrownGuard Frederick Ford
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