Red Corner

Red Corner
Red Corner
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jon Avnet
Written by	Robert King
Produced by	Jon Avnet; Jordan Kerner; Charles Mulvehill; Rosalie Swedlin;
Starring	Richard Gere; Bai Ling; Bradley Whitford;
Cinematography	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Edited by	Peter E. Berger
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production; companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures; Avnet/Kerner Productions;
Distributed by	MGM Distribution Co. (United States); United International Pictures (International);
Release date	October 31, 1997 (United States);
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$48 million
Box office	$22,415,440 (USA)

Red Corner is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Richard Gere, Bai Ling and Bradley Whitford. Written by Robert King, the film is about an American businessman in China who ends up wrongfully on trial for murder. His only hope of exoneration and freedom is a female defense lawyer from the country. The film received the 1997 National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award (Richard Gere, Jon Avnet) and the NBR Award for Breakthrough Female Performance (Bai Ling). Ling also won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress.