This article is about the 2000 film. For the 2003 Hong Kong film, see Bless the Child (2003 film). For the Nightwish song, see Bless the Child (song).
Bless the Child
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Chuck Russell[1][2]
Screenplay by
Tom Rickman[3]
Clifford Green
Ellen Green
Based on
Bless the Child by Cathy Cash Spellman[4]
Produced by
Mace Neufeld
Starring
Kim Basinger
Jimmy Smits
Rufus Sewell
Ian Holm
Angela Bettis
Christina Ricci
Cinematography
Peter Menzies Jr.
Edited by
Alan Heim
Music by
Christopher Young[5][6][7][8]
Production company
Icon Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures (United States)
Advanced Film United International Pictures[9] (Germany)
Release date
August 11, 2000 (2000-08-11)
Running time
107 minutes
Countries
United States
Canada
Germany[10]
Language
English
Budget
$65 million[11]
Box office
$40 million[11]
Bless the Child
Author
Cathy Cash Spellman
Illustrator
Cathy Cash Spellman
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Horror
Publisher
Cathy Cash Spellman
Publication date
1993
Media type
Wild Harp & Company Inc
Pages
536
ISBN
9780615517254
Bless the Child is a 2000 supernatural horror film directed by Chuck Russell and starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, and Holliston Coleman. It follows a woman who discovers that her niece, whom she has adopted, is being sought by a Satanic cult seeking to use her supernatural abilities. It is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Cathy Cash Spellman. The film is a co-production between the United States, Canada and Germany.
Filmed in Toronto in late 1999, Bless the Child was released theatrically in North America on August 11, 2000 to overwhelmingly negative critical reviews,[12] and was a box-office bomb.[13]
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^"Bless the Child Movie Script". Scripts.com.
^"BLESS THE CHILD". Kirkus Reviews. April 21, 1993. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022.
^Broxton, Jonathan (August 11, 2000). "BLESS THE CHILD – Christopher Young". Movie Music UK.
^Glorieux, Thomas. "" Bless you Christopher Young "". maintitles.net.
^Goldwasser, Dan (July 20, 2000). "Review: Bless The Child". Soundtrack.net.
^Southall, James. "BLESS THE CHILD". Movie Wave.
^"Advanced Medien, UIP pact for dist'n". Variety. July 28, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^"Bless the Child". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
^ abBless the Child at Box Office Mojo
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^"Bless the Child". Bomb Report. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022.
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