Run for Your Life is a 2014 American a television drama film based on a true story for Lifetime. Meredith (Amy Smart) is a battered Canadian woman who flees Canada to escape her abusive husband. She settles in Seattle, but her now-remarried ex-husband finds her. To protect her children, she must choose between killing him herself, hiring someone to kill him, or disappearing with her children and assuming new identities.[1] It is based on Katherine Kotaw's memoir Quicksand: One Woman’s Escape From the Husband Who Stalked Her.[2][3] The movie shows the events and consequences based on both paths in parallel, with frequent scene switching between the paths.
| Run for Your Life | |
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| Directed by | Michael Scott |
| Starring | Amy Smart |
| Music by | Jeff Toyne |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | Lifetime |
| Release | October 4, 2014 |
Cast
edit- Amy Smart as Meredith Redmond
- Mark Humphrey as Robert Redmond
- Aislyn Watson as Amanda Redmond
- Genea Charpentier as Isabel Beckman
- Lochlyn Munro as Neal
- Lisa Durupt as Annabelle Redmond
References
edit- ^ "Lifetime tackles spousal abuse with Run for Your Life". Tarstarkas. 26 September 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ Konstantinides, Anneta (October 4, 2014). "Is Lifetime's Run For Your Life a True Story? The Real Woman Behind the Film Shares her Story". Bustle. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ Emily L. Newman, Emily Witsell The Lifetime Network: Essays on "Television for Women" in the 21st Century- 2016 1476624593 "... Run for Your Life, Amy Smart plays a woman in an abusive relationship who struggles with the decision to disappear and hide from her ex or to kill him. Based in part on a true story, the film draws from Katherine Kotaw's memoir Quicksand:"
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