Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers is a 2002 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Sandra Bullock in the main role alongside Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. It is loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb case. The film was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered in competition.
Plot
Richard Haywood and Justin Pendleton are high school classmates; Richard is a cocky, wealthy and popular extrovert, while Justin is a gifted but introverted loner. Outwardly they are enemies, but secretly they are actually very close friends. After months of planning a "perfect crime," the duo abduct a woman at random, strangle her, and plant evidence implicating Richard's marijuana dealer, school janitor Ray Feathers.
More details
| author | Tony Gayton |
|---|---|
| director | Barbet Schroeder |
| editor | Lee Percy |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | abandoned house arrest crime scene dead woman gift hang hear load obsess perfect crime plan planted evidence school class solve stab |
| musicBy | Clint Mansell |
| producer | Barbet Schroeder Richard Crystal Susan Hoffman |
| productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment Schroeder/Hoffman Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles |
| theme | high school psychological thriller |