The Nines is a 2007 psychological thriller drama film, written, and directed by John August, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, and Elle Fanning. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and made $63,165 in the U.S. box office through October 11, 2007. "Part One: The Prisoner" tells of a troubled actor, Gary, who is wearing a green bracelet on his wrist. Gary is under house arrest living in another person's house because he burned down his own. The owner of the house is described as a TV writer away on work. While living in the house he is befriended by both... a P.R. 'handler', Margaret, and the single mom next door, Sarah, who may or may not be interested in him romantically. Over the course of his house arrest, Gary becomes convinced that he is being haunted by the number nine, including finding a note saying "Look for the nines" in his handwriting. He encounters many occurrences of the number nine, while playing backgammon he rolls nines, while reading newspaper advertisements he becomes obsessed with finding nines. Asking Sarah about the number 9 worries her and she cryptically tells him "I can get you out of here".
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| Release date: | January 21, 2007 |
| Directed by: | John August |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Dan Etheridge, Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks |
| Editor: | Douglas Crise |
| Music by: | Alex Wurman |
| Cinematography: | Nancy Schreiber |
| Screenplay by: | John August |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Science Fiction |