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The Vanishing

Year:

1993

Duration:

109 min

Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

George Sluizer

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1993-02-05

Filming Locations: Bellevue, Washington, USA

Earnings

Gross: $14,543,394 (USA)SEK 5,990,061 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Maggie Linderman

The Vanishing

Jeff Bridges

Barney Cousins

Kiefer Sutherland

Jeff Harriman

Nancy Travis

Rita Baker

Sandra Bullock

Diane Shaver

Park Overall

Lynn

Lisa Eichhorn

Helene Cousins

George Hearn

Arthur Bernard

Lynn Hamilton

Miss Carmichael

Garrett Bennett

Cop at Gas Station

George Catalano

Highway Cop

Frank Girardeau

Cop at Apartment

Stephen Bridgewater

TV Host (as Stephen Wesley Bridgewater)

Susan Barnes

Colleague

Rich Hawkins

Stan

Michael Kaufman

DMV Clerk

Sabrena Roddy

Cashier

Andrea Lauren Herz

Woman #1 on the Street

Joanne Schmoll

Woman #2 on the Street

Allison Barcott

Woman with Barrette

Aeryk Egan

Young Barney

James Chesnutt

Pump Attendant

Danielle Zuckerman

Little Girl

Floyd Van Buskirk

Man in Line

Marius Mazmanian

Cook

Gina Gallante

Woman in Ladies Room

Michael John Hughes

Denise's Boyfriend

Howard Matthew Johnson

DMV Guard

Kristopher Logan

Waiter

Leonard Kelly-Young

Jeff's Boss (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The cabin by the lake scenes were filmed at Camp Omache, a Boy Scout summer camp near Monroe, WA.

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Kubrick thought Sluizer's 'The Vanishing' the most terrifying film he had seen-even more frightening than 'The Shining,' and it led to Kubrick 'phoning the Dutch filmmaker to discuss editing.

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When George Sluizer was told he could direct an American version of the book "Het Gouden Ei" (which had already been made in the Netherlands as The Vanishing (1988)), he was told that this would only go through if the ending was changed because the American audience wouldn't approve the original ending. The original ending has Jeff Harriman leaving Rita without telling where he went. Jeff isn't saved and dies in the coffin, and Barney survives - without being caught.

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Goofs

When Jeff starts writing the note to Diane that he's going to look for her, he puts no dash after "Di". Yet when you see him put the note on the windshield, there is now a dash after Di, and the handwriting is different.

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Behind the large black truck at the gas station, one crewmember is lying in the street, waving at traffic to pass.

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In the beginning of the film, when Barney is meeting his daughter at the bus/train station, as the bus pulls up, the camera angle widens and you can see the extras ("background") waiting at the top of the stairs for their cue to walk down. As the scene progresses, the woman in the jeans and red sweater and her male companion are seen coming down the stairs as Barney and his daughter begin to walk up the stairs.

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Quotes

Jeff Harriman: The police - they laugh at me. I'm a joke to them.

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Barney Cousins: What's this? Wuthering Heights? Denise, is it not sufficent that while you shall be at peace, I shall ride in the torments of hell?

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Jeff Harriman: How long have you worked here?

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