Captive (1986 film)

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Captive
Directed by Paul Mayersberg
Written byPaul Mayersberg
Produced by Don Boyd
Starring Oliver Reed
Irina Brook
Music by Michael Berkeley, The Edge and Michael Brook
Production
company
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
CountryUnited Kingdom/France
LanguageEnglish
Budgetless than £2 million [1]

Captive is a 1986 Anglo-French cinema film loosely based on the experiences of Patty Hearst. [1]

Contents

Plot

Gregory Le Vay is a wealthy business man whose daughter Rowena is kidnapped by a terrorist group. Through psychological manipulation she is subordinated by them and led from the cultural and emotional imprisonment of her former life to the so-called liberation of theirs.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was contributed by Michael Berkeley, with a soundtrack album being provided by the Edge and Michael Brook, featuring Sinéad O'Connor singing on one track.

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References

  1. 1 2 A splash of the English reserve, Pulleine, Tim. The Guardian (1959-2003) [London (UK)] 12 Dec 1985: 13.