: The film is often remembered for the highly publicized affair between Ryan and Crowe during production, which director Taylor Hackford later claimed overshadowed the movie's release. 2. Practical & Legal "Proof of Life"
: The story was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" and Thomas Hargrove's book Long March to Freedom , which chronicles his real-life 11-month kidnapping in Colombia.
: After American engineer Peter Bowman (David Morse) is kidnapped by rebels in the fictional South American country of Tecala, his wife Alice (Meg Ryan) hires Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe), an ex-SAS operative, to negotiate his release.