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Released
1991 · FILM

The Indian Runner

A violent, disillusioned brother clashes with his more hopeful sibling as their opposing views on life drive them to opposite sides of the law.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
127 min
Drama

Synopsis

Two brothers struggle to reconcile their opposing views of life. One brother perceives negativity in everyone and everything, leading to a violent, antisocial demeanor and an inability to recognize or enjoy the positive aspects that his brother continually tries to highlight.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jay CassidyShot by Anthony B RichmondScored by Jack NitzscheDesigned by Michael D Haller

Box Office

1991 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$191K

Budget$7.0M
Worldwide gross$191K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Indian Runnerde
  • Extraño vínculo de sangrees
  • Lupo solitarioit

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