Sleeping with the Enemy
Synopsis
Hot off her success in Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts starred in this thriller about a battered wife stalked by her abusive husband. Roberts plays Laura Burney, the wife of a rich investment counselor, Martin (Patrick Bergin). Martin appreciates his wife as a trophy, but at home he abuses her for not keeping the house as clean as he would like it. The verbal abuse descends into physical violence --so much so that Laura decides to disappear rather than live a life under Martin as a brutalized slave. Laura fakes her own death by drowning, and relocates to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she changes her name to Sara Waters. She starts a relationship with her friendly Iowa neighbor Ben Woodward (Kevin Anderson), but her happiness is short-lived. Martin has discovered that Laura has staged her drowning and is coming to Iowa to reclaim his possession.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Full Credits
- Director:Joseph Ruben,
- Writer:Nancy Price, Ronald Bass,
- Producer:Leonard Goldberg,
- Cinematographer:John Lindley,
- Editor:George Bowers,
- Executive Producer:Jeffrey Chernov,
- Cast:Patrick Bergin, Kyle Secor, Elizabeth Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence,
- Associate Producer:Michael E. Steele, C. Tad Devlin,
- Assistant Editor:Doron Shauly,
- First Assistant Director:Michael E. Steele,
- Second Assistant Director:Julie A. Bloom,
- Supervising Sound Editor:John Benson,
- Camera Operator:Tom Priestley Jr.,
- Script Supervisor:Corey B. Yugler,
- Boom Operator:Carl Fischer,
- Construction Coordinator:Claude F. Powell,
- Location Manager:Ken Lavet,
- Production Coordinator:Dana Lynne Taylor,
- Property Master:Sam Moore,
- Sound Effects Editor:
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer:Chris Carpenter, Rick Hart, Kevin E. Carpenter,
- Sound Recordist:Chris Connelly, Tim Webb,
- Novel:Nancy Price,
- Assistant Costume Designer:Kimberly Adams,
- Dialogue Editor:Lucy Coldsnow-Smith, Michael Magill, Bob Newlan,
- Special Effects Coordinator:Calvin Joe Acord,
- Original Music Composer:Jerry Goldsmith,
- Local Casting:Pam Plummer, Mark Fincannon, Todd M. Thaler,
- ADR Editor:Allen Hartz, Michael J. Benavente,
- Production Design:Doug Kraner,
- Stunt Coordinator:Walter Scott,
- Still Photographer:Myles Aronowitz,
- Foley Mixer:Linda Corbin,
- Sound Mixer:Susumu Tokunow,
- Key Makeup Artist:Richard Dean,
- Choreographer:Patricia Birch,
- Gaffer:Jon R. Tower,
- Screenplay:Ronald Bass,
- Casting Associate:Doreen Lane,
- Set Designer:Stan Tropp,
- Stunts:Maria R. Kelly, Mike H. McGaughy, Russell Solberg, Bill Jelliffe,
- Key Hair Stylist:Kaye Pownall,
- Makeup Artist:Richard Dean,
- Best Boy Electric:Thomas Ford,
- Costume Designer:Richard Hornung,
- Foley Editor:Noah Blough, Joe Dorn,
- Foley Artist:Sarah Monat, Robin Harlan,
- Unit Production Manager:C. Tad Devlin,
- Steadicam Operator:Robert Ulland,
- Supervising ADR Editor:Susan Dudeck,
- Color Timer:Phil Hetos,
- Art Direction:Joseph P. Lucky,
- Underwater Camera:Pete Romano,
- Music Editor:Kenneth Hall,
- Rigging Gaffer:Fred Johanns,
- Apprentice Sound Editor:Alexandra Root,
- Set Decoration:Lee Poll,
- Conductor:Jerry Goldsmith,
- Casting:Karen Rea,
- Music Supervisor:G. Marq Roswell,
- Associate Editor:Christopher Koefoed,
- Set Costumer:Kenn Smiley,
Technical specifications
- Rating:R
- Country:United States
- Language:English
- Release:January 13, 1991
- Duration:99 min
- Genres:Drama, Suspense/Thriller