Buried

Buried

"Paul Conroy is a U.S. citizen working as a contract driver in Iraq. After a swift and sudden attack on his convoy, he awakens to find himself buried alive inside a coffin with nothing more than a lighter, a cell phone, and little memory of how he ended up there. Faced with limited oxygen and unlimited panic, Paul finds himself in a tension-filled race against time to escape this claustrophobic deathtrap before it's too late. If the sheer logistics of this premise are enough to make your head hurt, rest assured that director Rodrigo Cortés tackles these issues with relative ease, aided a...
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quick facts
Release date:January 23, 2010
Directed by:Rodrigo Cortés
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:95 Minutes
Producer:Adrián Guerra, Peter Safran
Editor:Rodrigo Cortés
Music by:Víctor Reyes
Cinematography:Eduard Grau
Screenplay by:Chris Sparling
Estimated budget:$3,000,000
Genre:Thriller

Cast of Buried

Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky
Alan Davenport
Born:May 30, 1951
Age:60
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds
Paul Conroy
Born:October 23, 1976
Age:35
Samantha Mathis
Samantha Mathis
Linda Conroy
Born:May 12, 1970
Age:41
Erik Palladino
Erik Palladino
Special agent Harris
Born:May 10, 1968
Age:43
José Luis García Pérez
José Luis García Pérez
Jabir
Born:1972
Age:40
Ivana Miño
Ivana Miño
Pamela Lutti

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
2010 National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay, Chris Sparling
2011 Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, Chris Sparling
2011 Goya Award for Best Editing, Rodrigo Cortés
2011 Goya Award for Best Sound, James Muñoz
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YearAward Nomination
2011 Goya Award for Best Director, Rodrigo Cortés
2011 Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, Chris Sparling
2011 Goya Award for Best Original Score, Víctor Reyes
2011 Goya Award for Best Actor, Ryan Reynolds
2011 Goya Award for Best Editing, Rodrigo Cortés
2011 Goya Award for Best Sound, Urko Garai
2011 Goya Award for Best Cinematography, Eduard Grau
2011 Goya Award for Best Special Effects, Gabriel Paré
2011 Goya Award for Best Film, Rodrigo Cortés
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Film director of Buried

Rodrigo Cortés
Rodrigo Cortés
Born: May 31, 1973
Age: 38

Rodrigo Cortés Giráldez is a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor. Cortés' fondness for film making started at an early stage. At 16 he had already directed his first short film in Super 8. In 1998 he directed the short Yul that won over 20...
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Filming locations for Buried

Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of 101.4 km . The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of between...
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