The Clearing

Thriller

Robert Redford	Wayne Hayes
Helen Mirren	Eileen Hayes
Willem Dafoe	Arnold Mack
Alessandro Nivola	Tim Hayes
Matt Craven	Agent Ray Fuller
Melissa Sagemiller	Jill Hayes
Wendy Crewson	Louise Miller
Larry Pine	Tom Finch
Diana Scarwid	Eva Finch
Elizabeth Ruscio	Cindy Mack
Gwen McGee	Agent Kathleen Duggan
Sarah Koskoff	Lane Hayes
Graciela Marin	Graciela
Mike Pniewski	Detective Kyle Woodward
Geoff McKnight	John Dewitt
Tom Arcuragi	Mr. Schmidt (as Tom E. Arcuragi)
Audrey Wasilewski	Lisa
Peter Gannon	Agent Elkins
Jacqi Loewy	Agent Crew
Matt Miller	Another Agent
Mark Emery Moore	Agent Sullivan
Joel Nunley	Waiter (as Joel S. Nunley)
Ted Manson	Robert Gidden
John Richard Fairchild	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Blake Law	Oscar Hayes (uncredited)

Director	Pieter Jan Brugge
Producer	Pieter Jan Brugge; Jonah Smith
Writer	Pieter Jan Brugge; Justin Haythe

Wayne (Redford) and Eileen (Mirren) Hayes live the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack (Dafoe), and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents, their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal causes Wayne and Eileen to reassess their marriage and come to a deeper sense of their commitment to each other. With each passing hour, the need and desire for Wayne to return home safely becomes ever more urgent.