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Rachel Keller is a young journalist who's recently heard about a mysteriously cursed videotape, that seemed to lead to her nieces death within 7 days of her watching it. Puzzled, confused, and saddened by her tragic and sudden death, she begins to do some further investigation on this horrific video which involves her visiting the "Shelter Mountain Inn", the infamous place where her niece Katie and her friends first viewed this videotape. She herself watches the video, and sure enough the phone begins to ring.... "7 days". So now the clock is ticking and the days are going by, and Rachel has only 7 days to unravel the mystery of "The Ring". As many questions arise, and parts of this unraveled mystery begin to be revealed, there is only one question that remains.... will she make it in time, or will her 7 days be up before she can solve this puzzle?
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Ring (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Ring started shooting without a finished screenplay: Ehren Kruger had written three drafts before Scott Frank was brought in for an uncredited rewrite.
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Connelly and Kate Beckinsale were all offered the lead role, but director Gore Verbinski said he did not want to cast big stars because he wanted audiences to feel they had discovered the film.
- Chris Cooper shot two scenes as a murderer that were meant to open and close the film, and the whole part was cut before release.
- Cinematographer Bojan Bazelli fixed the film's gray blue-green look in the camera itself, using an 81EF and a green filter rather than grading it digitally afterwards, committing to the style before a frame was processed.
- The film's success opened the gate for a run of American remakes of Asian horror, among them The Grudge in 2004, Dark Water in 2005, Pulse in 2006, and The Eye, Shutter and Mirrors in 2008.
