Red Eye is a 2005 English-language Mystery Thriller film written by Carl Ellsworth and Dan Foos. The movie is directed by Wes Craven and produced by Chris Bender and Marianne Maddalena. A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician. Red eye stars Rachel Mcadams in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Laura Johnson, Max Kasch, Jayma Mays and Angela Paton. The screenplay is written by Carl Ellsworth. The music was composed by Marco Beltrami. Cinematography was done by Robert Yeoman and editing by Patrick Lussier and Stuart Levy. The movie has a running time of 85 minutes. It was released on 1st September 2005. The Film was successful at box office. Red Eye was made on a budget of $26 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $96 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by DreamWorks Pictures.