Buried

2010
15
1h 35m

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7.0/10

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Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race agains... Read allPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

172K

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POPULARITY

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Awards
- 16 wins & 33 nominations total

Jabir
(voice)

Robert Paterson

Dan Brenner
(voice)

Stephen Tobolowsky

Alan Davenport
(voice)

Samantha Mathis

Linda Conroy
(voice)

Ivana Miño

Pamela Lutti
(voice)

Warner Loughlin

Maryanne Conroy
(voice)
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Erik Palladino

Special Agent Harris
(voice)

Kali Rocha

911 Operator
(voice)

Chris William Martin

State Department Rep.
(voice)

Cade Dundish

Shane Conroy
(voice)

Mary Birdsong

411 Female Operator
(voice)
(as Mary Songbird)

Kirk Baily

411 Male Operator
(voice)

Anne Lockhart

CRT Operator
(voice)

Robert Clotworthy

CRT Spokesman
(voice)

Michalla Petersen

Nursing Home Nurse
(voice)

Juan Hidalgo

Kidnapper
(voice)

Abdelilah Ben Massou

Kidnapper
(voice)

Director
- Rodrigo Cortés
Writer
- Chris Sparling
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Trivia
Ryan Reynolds stated that he suffered from claustrophobia towards the end of filming (much like the character he is playing). This was mainly due to the fact the coffin he was in was gradually filled with more and more sand as filming went on. He describes the last day of shooting as "unlike anything I experienced in my life, and I never ever want to experience that again."

Goofs
The phone in close ups is shown to have multiple bars for the battery life. However, from a distance, the phone is shown to have one battery bar that just slowly decreases as a whole. It's actually 2 different phones he uses.

Quotes
Paul Conroy: It's over, isn't it?
Dan Brenner: No!
[long pause]
Dan Brenner: Yeah.

Crazy credits
After the end credits, we're shown a shot of the top of the inside of the coffin, the camera panning down slightly, but it stops soon after. So, the ending remains the same.

Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Robin Hood/Letters to Juliet/Just Wright (2010)

Soundtracks
In the Lap of the Mountain
Written by Rodrigo Cortés and Víctor Reyes
Performed by Garrett Wall & The Breath-No-Breathers
Guitars and Banjo: Diego García
Drums: David Hyman
Bass: Francisco López

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Featured review

6/10

Suspenseful

When this movie started and the opening credits began, it was in parallel with Hitchcock movies, almost a replica of the Psycho opening sequence. It was fairly obvious that the director has been inspired by the Master of Macabre.

I was intrigued for the entire 90 minutes of the movie, and although there were a couple of scenes that I was unsure about, it was still well worth watching. Ryan Reynolds is believable as a man buried alive in a coffin, and you can really feel the emotions he experiences during the movie. There is some wonderful conversations he has on the phone, in particular when he speaks to his mother.

Just as you think that nothing more can happen, a surprise twist occurs which makes you want to stay and see if he will or will not survive. The ending was a surprise to me.

Like Phone Booth and Man On A Ledge, both I have only seen recently, I had to watch this to it's full conclusion, and I did enjoy it.