
Gone Girl(2014)
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.


“What would you do if someone was watching you?”
Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.

Paddy Considine
Robert Forrester

Julia Stiles
Jenny Thierolf

Karl Pruner
Mr. Jaffe

Phillip MacKenzie
Lavigne Client

Gord Rand
Jack Nielson

James Gilbert
Greg Wyncoop
R.D. Reid
Mr. Kolbe

Caroline Dhavernas
Nickie Grace

Alex Karzis
Robert's Lawyer

Marcia Laskowski
Nickie's Lawyer
The Cry of the Owl is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of depression, new york city, based on novel or book, pennsylvania, usa, obsession, routine. Directed by Jamie Thraves, it stars Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Karl Pruner. Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.
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