Safe
“In the 21st century nobody will be… Safe.”
Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
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Cast
45 people
Todd Haynes Director · Ed Tomney Composer Alex Nepomniaschy Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $513K · Budget $1M · United States release June 23, 1995
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$512,558
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
American Playhouse
Production
Chemical Films
Production
Good Machine
Production
Kardana Productions
Production
Arnold Semler Productions
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
Kardana Films
Production
Killer Films
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 25, 1995
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · June 23, 1995
Limited theatrical
United States
June 30, 1995 · Theatrical
Australia
May 6, 2004 · Theatrical
Canada
August 26, 1995 · Premiere · Montreal world film festival
October 1, 1995 · Theatrical
Czechia
July 1, 1996 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary international film festival
France
May 23, 1995 · Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
April 17, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
July 1, 1999 · TV
Greece
April 12, 1996 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 17, 1997 · Physical
Italy
September 1, 1995 · Premiere · Rimini festival
Japan
March 13, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 1, 1996 · Premiere · International film festival Rotterdam
March 3, 2005 · Theatrical
June 21, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
July 26, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
October 11, 1995 · Theatrical · Sitges film festival
Sweden
January 31, 2003 · Physical
United Kingdom
April 26, 1996 · Theatrical
December 21, 1997 · TV
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