The Bridge (2006 documentary film)
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The Bridge is a 2006 documentary film by Eric Steel spanning one year of filming at the Golden Gate Bridge which crosses the Golden Gate entrance to San Francisco Bay, connecting the city of San Francisco, California to the Marin Headlands of Marin County, in 2004. The film shows a number of suicides, and features interviews with family and friends of some of the identified people who had thrown themselves from the bridge that year and one person who had jumped previously and survived.[4]
The Bridge | |
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Directed by | Eric Steel |
Written by | Eric Steel |
Produced by | Eric Steel |
Cinematography | Peter McCandless |
Edited by | Sabine Krayenbühl |
Music by | Alex Heffes |
Distributed by | IFC Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25,000[2] |
Box office | $205,724[3] |
The film was inspired by a 2003 article titled "Jumpers", written by Tad Friend for The New Yorker magazine.[5] The film crew shot almost 10,000 hours of footage, recording 23 of the known 24 suicides off the bridge in 2004.[6][7]