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About
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
Theatrical
Apr 7, 2002
Box Office
$94.9M
Budget
$45.0M
Return
2.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 10, 2002
Theaters
5
Director
Writers
Chap Taylor, Michael Tolkin
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Senator International
Quotes
See all →A Chance Encounter Changes Everything
Taglines
An Ambitious Attorney, A Desperate Father, they had no reason to met, Until today
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Consequences of a Mistaken Decision
Taglines
One wrong turn, deserves another
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Ben Affleck
Gavin Banek
Samuel L. Jackson
Doyle Gipson
T
Toni Collette
Michelle
S
Sydney Pollack
Stephen Delano
W
William Hurt
Doyle's Sponsor
A
Amanda Peet
Cynthia Delano Banek
R
Richard Jenkins
Walter Arnell
D
Dylan Baker
Finch
K
Kim Staunton
Valerie Gipson
J
John Benjamin Hickey
Carlyle
M
Michael McGrath
Seavers
B
Bruce Altman
Terry Kaufman
J
Jennifer Dundas
Mina Dunne
J
Joe Grifasi
Judge Cosell
T
Tina Sloan
Mrs. Delano
M
Matt Malloy
Ron Cabot
C
Cole Hawkins
Danny Gipson
I
Ileen Getz
Ellen
M
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Judge Frances Abarbanel
L
Lisa LeGuillou
Gina Gugliotta
