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The Edge

"They were fighting over a woman when the plane went down. Now, their only chance for survival is each other."

R 1997 · 1h 57m · Adventure, Drama, Action
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The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.

Theatrical
Sep 26, 1997
Box Office
$43.3M
Budget
$30.0M
Return
1.4x
Director
Lee Tamahori
Writer
David Mamet
Producers
Art Linson, Lloyd Phillips
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Studio
Linson Entertainment
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Sacrifice in Life and Death
Reporter #1 Mr. Morse, what happened to your friends?
Reporter #2 How did they die?
Charles Morse They died... saving my life.
Navigating Survival and Unlikely Alliances
Charles Morse You saved me.
Robert Green Get over it, Charles - I just need you to navigate.
Charles Morse You saved my life.
Robert Green Well, I couldn't kill you with Stephen around. I'd have to kill him too, and he's the only one that knows how I like my coffee.
Charles Morse Come on, you saved my life.
Robert Green Buy me something nice when we get home.
Charles Morse How'd you like your coffee?
Robert Green Huh. I like my coffee like I like my women.
Seasoning with Unconventional Ingredients
Robert Green Wish we had some salt.
[Eating]
Charles Morse You know, you can, uh... you can season meat with gunpowder. Did you know that?
Robert Green Wish we had some gunpowder.
Personal Growth and Self-Discovery
Charles Morse For all my life, I've have wanted to do something that was, um, that was unequivocal.
[after successfully fighting a bear]
Robert Green Well, Charlie, I certainly think this qualifies.
Charles Morse Or something.
Robert Green See, Charles, that's why they call it personal growth. A month ago, old Smokey here would've reared up, you probably would've called your lawyer!
Charles Morse Nah, I wouldn't do that to an animal.

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