Safe Haven (film)
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| Directed by | Lasse Hallström |
| Produced by | Marty Bowen Chad Freet Wyck Godfrey Ryan Kavanaugh |
| Screenplay by | Gage Lansky Dana Stevens |
| Based on |
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks |
| Starring |
Josh Duhamel Julianne Hough Cobie Smulders David Lyons |
| Music by | Deborah Lurie |
| Cinematography | Terry Stacey |
| Edited by | Andrew Mondshein |
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Relativity Media
Temple Hill Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Relativity Media |
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Running time
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116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$28 million |
| Box office | US$97,594,140 |
Safe Haven is a 2013 American romantic thriller film starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders. It was released theatrically in North America on February 14, 2013. The film was directed by Lasse Hallström, and is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 2010 novel of the same name. The film was originally set for a February 8 release, but was moved to February 14, 2013.
A frightened woman (Julianne Hough) flees her house in Boston, having held a bloody knife. After taking shelter with a neighbor, she is shown moments later at the bus station trying to flee town. She buys a bus ticket with her hair now cropped and bleached and stops in the small town of Southport, North Carolina. At the general store, she introduces herself as Katie Feldman. After acquiring a job as a waitress and renting a small house on the edge of town, Katie befriends her neighbor, Jo (Cobie Smulders) and meets Alex Wheatley (Josh Duhamel), a widowed father of two young children, Josh (Noah Lomax) and Lexie (Mimi Kirkland), who operate the local general store and give Katie a bicycle so she won't have to walk.
It's not too long before Katie and Alex start a relationship, and she becomes like a mother to Josh and Lexie. Meanwhile, Kevin Tierney (David Lyons), a Boston police detective, prepares wanted posters for a woman named "Erin" which describe that she is wanted for attempted murder. Alex sees Erin's wanted poster in the police station and notices the picture bears a striking resemblance to Katie. He confronts Katie with the information, causing a huge fight. They break up, and Katie moves out of her house.
As Katie is about to leave town, however, Alex intercepts her and says that he has fallen in love with her. Katie returns his love, and decides to stay in Southport. She tells Alex that she fled to Southport to escape her abusive and alcoholic husband. They got in a fight, and she stabbed him in self-defense before she fled south.
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