Desperate Hours

Desperate Hours
Desperate Hours
Directed by	Michael Cimino
Screenplay by	Joseph Hayes; Lawrence Konner; Mark Rosenthal; Michael Cimino (uncredited);
Based on	The Desperate Hours; by Joseph Hayes
Produced by	Michael Cimino; Dino De Laurentiis;
Starring	Mickey Rourke; Anthony Hopkins; Mimi Rogers; Lindsay Crouse; Kelly Lynch; Elias Koteas;
Cinematography	Doug Milsome
Edited by	Christopher Rouse; Peter R. Hunt (supervising editor);
Music by	David Mansfield
Production; companies	Dino De Laurentiis Communications; Cannon Films; Film and Television Company;
Distributed by	MGM/UA Distribution Co.
Release date	October 5, 1990;
Running time	106 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$18 million or $20 million
Box office	$2.7 million (US)

Desperate Hours is a 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Michael Cimino. It is a remake of the 1955 film of the same name and an adaptation the 1954 novel by Joseph Hayes, who also co-wrote the script with Cimino based on a treatment by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. Cimino was not credited as writer on the finished product. The film stars Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins, with Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch, Lindsay Crouse, and Elias Koteas in supporting roles. It marks Cimino's third collaboration with Rourke, having previously worked with him on the films Heaven's Gate and Year of the Dragon.