Fear

Fear (1996)

Timing: 1:37 (97 min)

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Release date

1996-04-12

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Genre

Thriller

Budget

$6 500 000

Revenue

$20 831 000

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Director

James Foley

Actors

Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman, Tracy Fraim, Jason Kristofer, Jed Rees, Gary Riley, Todd Caldecott
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Scenario

Producer

Brian Grazer, Ric Kidney, Karen Snow, Karen Kehela Sherwood

Operator

Thomas Kloss

Composer

Carter Burwell

Artist

Bridget McGuire

Audition

Debra Zane, Fiona Jackson

Editing

David Brenner, Tony Grob
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• Leonardo DiCaprio became acquainted with James Foley while working on Scott Calvert's (1964-2014) sports drama, "The Basketball Diaries" (1995). He suggested his friend Mark Wahlberg for a role in "Fear." Foley and Wahlberg spent some time together, communicating and discussing the role, and subsequently Wahlberg was told that Foley liked him very much, but he still wouldn't be cast in the lead role. Wahlberg was offered the role of one of the protagonist’s friends, but at the audition he made such an impression on Foley that Foley went to the studio and stated that he would not shoot the film if Wahlberg was not approved for the lead role.
• The line “Let me into this goddamn house!” was invented by Mark Wahlberg himself; it wasn't in the script. Initially, it was cut from the film, but James Foley reinserted the cut scene with the line, and it became one of the most frequently quoted lines.
• The line “Let me into this goddamn house!” was improvised by Mark Wahlberg; it wasn’t in the script. Initially, it was cut from the film, but James Foley reinserted the deleted scene with the line, and it became one of the most frequently quoted lines.