Sleeping with the Enemy - wikipedia Sleeping with the Enemy This article is about the film. For other uses, see Sleeping with the Enemy ( disambiguation ). Not to be confused with Living with the Enemy ( film ) or Married to the Enemy. Sleeping with the Enemy Theatrical release poster Directed by Joseph Ruben Produced by Leonard Goldberg Screenplay by Ronald Bass Bruce Joel Rubin ( uncredited ) Based on Sleeping with the Enemy by Nancy Price Starring Julia Roberts Patrick Bergin Kevin Anderson Music by Jerry Goldsmith Cinematography John Lindley Edited by George Bowers Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date February 8, 1991 ( 1991 - 02 - 08 ) Running time 97 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $19 million Box office $175 million Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price 's 1987 novel of the same name. Roberts plays a woman who escapes from her abusive husband, from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she captures the attention of a kindly college drama teacher. Sleeping with the Enemy was released theatrically on February 8, 1991. The film upon its release received negative reviews from the critics but was a box office success grossing $175 million on a production budget of $19 million. The film also broke the record at the time for the highest domestic opening for a female centric film, grossing $13 million on its opening weekend surpassing the previous record held by Alien, which grossed $10 million in it 's first week. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 3.1 Critical reception 3.2 Box office 4 Soundtrack 5 Home media releases 5.1 Awards 6 Remakes 7 References 8 External links Plot Laura Burney lives in a beautiful home by the beach on Cape Cod with her husband, Martin, a charming, handsome and wealthy investment counselor. Beneath his charm, Martin has extreme obsessive control issues, who has been physically and emotionally abusing Laura throughout their marriage. He makes her keep everything in order in the house, tells her what she should wear, picks out what music she listens to, and limits her social activities. One day, Martin believes Laura has been flirting with an attractive neighbor, and he physically assaults her in a jealous rage. In an effort to escape Martin, Laura fakes her own death at sea in a storm while the couple are boating. Because Laura had deliberately led Martin to believe that she could not swim, he believed she had drown once she was lost overboard. However, Laura was able to swim safely to shore, because she had recently taken swimming lessons at the YWCA. Laura secretly returns home, retrieves some clothing and cash she had hidden away in preparation, disguises herself, and leaves home after flushing her wedding ring down the toilet. Laura moves to Cedar Falls, Iowa. In preparation, she has told Martin that her blind mother, Chloe Williams, died and pretends to attend the funeral, but secretly moves her from a nursing home in Minneapolis to Iowa. She rents a modest house, and adopts the name Sara Waters. In Cedar Falls, she meets Ben Woodward, who teaches drama at University of Northern Iowa. A relationship develops, but suffers a setback when Ben discovers that her real name is not Sara. After a date, Laura is unable to be physically intimate with Ben, and the next day, she confesses that she is on the run from her abusive husband. Meanwhile, Martin receives a chance phone call from a friend of Laura 's from the YWCA and learns of Laura 's swimming lessons. His suspicions aroused, Martin heads home and finds Laura 's wedding ring in the toilet bowl where it failed to flush. From the Minneapolis nursing home, he learns that Laura 's mother is alive, and has a private investigator trace her to the nursing home in Iowa. He visits Laura 's mother and tells her he is a police officer needing information about Laura. He learns from her that Laura is seeing a college drama teacher in Cedar Falls. Martin finds Laura and Ben at a local fair, then follows her home. After leaving idiosyncratic clues of his presence around the house for Laura to find, such as the cans lined up in the cabinet, Martin confronts her. Ben appears at the front door and Martin, brandishing a gun, threatens to kill Ben if she does n't make him leave. Laura talks to Ben and he appears to leave, but then he breaks down the door and struggles with Martin, who knocks him unconscious. As Martin points the gun at Ben, Laura distracts Martin then attacks him. He drops the gun and Laura manages to take control of it ; she fires at Martin but misses. Laura holds Martin at gunpoint while she calls the police. She tells the police that she just killed an intruder, hangs up the phone and shoots Martin three times. When Martin falls to the ground, she drops the pistol and collapses, sobbing. Martin, not yet dead, picks up the gun and attempts to shoot her, but the gun only clicks empty and he dies. Ben is revived by Laura. They embrace as Martin 's dead body lies on the ground with Laura 's wedding ring inches from his hand. Cast Julia Roberts as Laura Williams Burney / Sara Waters Patrick Bergin as Martin Burney Kevin Anderson as Ben Woodward Elizabeth Lawrence as Chloe Williams Harley Venton as Garber Sandi Shackelford as Edna Bonnie Johnson as Mrs. Neppert Release Critical reception As of November 2011, the film held a 24 % ' Rotten ' rating based on 34 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave the film 1.5 stars upon its release, calling it `` a slasher movie in disguise, an up - market version of the old exploitation formula where the victim can run, but she ca n't hide. '' Box office The film 's opening ended Home Alone 's eleven week run atop the box office. By the end of its run, the film had grossed $101,599,005 in the domestic box office ; with an international total of $73,400,000, the film 's worldwide gross was $174,999,005 ; based on a $19 million budget, the film was a box office success. The film was released in the United Kingdom on April 12, 1991, and opened on # 2, behind Highlander II : The Quickening. The next week, the film remained in the same position. Soundtrack The original music for the film was composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Columbia Records released an album concurrently with the film containing just over 38 minutes of score plus the Van Morrison song `` Brown Eyed Girl. '' In 2011, La - La Land Records issued a limited edition album of 3500 copies expanding Goldsmith 's score ( but omitting the song ). Home media releases The film reached # 1 in the rental charts. It was released on LaserDisc in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom and Japan by Fox Video in 1991. It also received various releases on VHS, was released on DVD on 2 September 2003 and subsequently entered the Blu ray market on in June 2011. Awards The score by Jerry Goldsmith won the BMI Film Music Award, 1992, and the film was nominated for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award for 1992 in four categories : Best Actress ( Roberts ), Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor ( Bergin ), Best Horror Film and Best Music ( Goldsmith ). Remakes Year Film Language Cast Director Box Office 1995 Yaraana Hindi ( India ) Rishi Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Raj Babbar David Dhawan Flop Agni Sakshi Hindi ( India ) Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala Partho Ghosh Blockbuster Daraar Hindi ( India ) Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Arbaaz Khan Abbas - Mustan Flop 1997 Pelli Telugu ( India ) Naveen, Maheswari, Prudhvi Raj Kodi Ramakrishna SuperHit 1997 Maduve Kannada ( India ) Ramesh Aravind, Charulatha, Kumar Govind V. Umakanth Above Average 1997 Khilona Urdu Meera, Saud Sangeeta Hit 1997 Sagorika Bangla ( Bangladesh / India ) Amin Khan, Helal Khan & Rituparna Badol Khandakar Blockbuster Ranga Bou Bangla ( Bangladesh / India ) Amin Khan, Humayan Faridi & Rituparna Delowar Blockbuster 1998 Aval Varuvala Tamil ( India ) Ajith Kumar, Simran Raajkapoor Average 2002 Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe Hindi ( India ) Aftab Shivdasani, Esha Deol, Sanjay Kapoor Vinay Shukla Flop 2008 Mu Sapanara Soudagar Odiya ( India ) Arindam Roy, Archita Sahu, Sabyasachi Mishra Sanjay Nayak Hit 2012 Luchakali Odiya ( India ) Babushan, Samaresh Routray & Shreya Susant Mani Average Korean Im Sang - soo 2013 `` Loobat Al Mawt '' ( series ) ar : لعبة الموت Lebanese, Syrian & Egyptian Cyrine Abdelnour, ar : عابد فهد, ar : ماجد المصري Laith Hajo, Samer Barqawi References Jump up ^ Granville, Kari ( 1991 - 02 - 08 ). `` Joseph Ruben Finally Gets His Crane : Movies : A veteran director of low - budget fare makes it to majors with ' Sleeping With the Enemy. ' ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 11. ^ Jump up to : Nancy Price. `` Nancy Price - Biography ''. Nancypricebooks.com. Retrieved 2012 - 11 - 17. ^ Jump up to : Sleeping with the Enemy at Box Office Mojo Archived 2011 - 07 - 08 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Rottentomatoes.com, `` ( rotten - tomatoes sleeping_with_the_enemy Sleeping with the Enemy ( 1991 ) ) '', accessed November 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sleeping With The Enemy : : rogerebert.com ''. Ebert, Roger. 1991 - 02 - 08. Jump up ^ Broeske, Pat H. ( 1991 - 02 - 12 ). `` WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : ' Sleeping, ' ' L.A. ' Knock ' Home ' Out ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 11. Jump up ^ Sleeping with the Enemy at Box Office Mojo Jump up ^ `` Weekend box office 12th April 1991 - 14th April 1991 ''. www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` Weekend box office 19th April 1991 - 21st April 1991 ''. www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Jump up ^ Hunt, Dennis ( 1991 - 09 - 05 ). `` Video Rental Chart : Sales Reduce ' Home ' Rentals ''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Laser Disc Laserdisc Movie Sleeping With The Enemy Julia - Roberts ''. ebay.com.au. Retrieved November 6, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Sleeping with the Enemy ''. DVD Release Dates. Retrieved 23 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sleeping with the Enemy Blu - ray ''. DVDEmpire.com. Retrieved November 6, 2015. 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Question: who played the husband in sleeping with the enemy
Answer: Patrick Bergin