Run for Your Life (2014 film)

Run for Your Life
Directed byMichael Scott
StarringAmy Smart
Music byJeff Toyne
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseOctober 4, 2014 (2014-10-04)

Run for Your Life is a 2014 American a television drama film based on a true story for Lifetime. Meredith (Amy Smart) is a battered Canadian woman who flees Canada to escape her abusive husband. She settles in Seattle, but her now-remarried ex-husband finds her. To protect her children, she must choose between killing him herself, hiring someone to kill him, or disappearing with her children and assuming new identities.[1] It is based on Katherine Kotaw's memoir Quicksand: One Woman’s Escape From the Husband Who Stalked Her.[2][3] The movie shows the events and consequences based on both paths in parallel, with frequent scene switching between the paths.

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References

  1. ^ "Lifetime tackles spousal abuse with Run for Your Life". Tarstarkas. 26 September 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Konstantinides, Anneta (October 4, 2014). "Is Lifetime's Run For Your Life a True Story? The Real Woman Behind the Film Shares her Story". Bustle. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Emily L. Newman, Emily Witsell The Lifetime Network: Essays on "Television for Women" in the 21st Century- 2016 1476624593 "... Run for Your Life, Amy Smart plays a woman in an abusive relationship who struggles with the decision to disappear and hide from her ex or to kill him. Based in part on a true story, the film draws from Katherine Kotaw's memoir Quicksand:"


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