The Negotiator (1998)
He frees hostages for a living. Now he's taking hostages to survive.
140 min
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
- Release date
- September 30, 1999
- Country of origin
- United States, Germany
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Box office
- $44,547,681
Trailer
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Danny Roman
- Kevin Spacey as Chris Sabian
- David Morse as Adam Beck
- Ron Rifkin as Grant Frost
- John Spencer as Chief Al Travis
- J.T. Walsh as Terence Niebaum
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Maggie
- Paul Giamatti as Rudy
- Regina Taylor as Karen Roman
- Bruce Beatty as Markus
Crew
- F. Gary Gray · Director
- James DeMonaco · Writer
- Kevin Fox · Writer
- David Hoberman · Producer
- Arnon Milchan · Producer
- Graeme Revell · Composer
- Russell Carpenter · Cinematographer
- Christian Wagner · Editor
- David Rubin · Casting director
- Holger Gross · Production designer