Shadow Hours
title: "Shadow Hours" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000-films", "2000-thriller-films", "american-thriller-films", "films-scored-by-brian-tyler", "films-set-in-los-angeles", "2000s-english-language-films", "2000-american-films", "english-language-thriller-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Hours" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shadow Hours |
| image | ShadowHoursDVDCoverAmazon.jpg |
| alt | A man is suspended facing up by ropes tied to his wrists and torso. Up from him is a giant clock display. |
| caption | US DVD cover. |
| director | Isaac H. Eaton |
| producer | Isaac H. Eaton |
| writer | Isaac H. Eaton |
| starring | {{Plain list |
| music | Brian Tyler |
| cinematography | Frank Byers |
| studio | 5150 Productions |
| Newmark Films Inc. | |
| Seven Arts Productions | |
| distributor | Newmark Films Inc. (USA) |
| released | |
| runtime | 95 min. |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| gross | $38,181 |
| :: |
| name = Shadow Hours | image = ShadowHoursDVDCoverAmazon.jpg | alt = A man is suspended facing up by ropes tied to his wrists and torso. Up from him is a giant clock display. | caption = US DVD cover. | director = Isaac H. Eaton | producer = Isaac H. Eaton | writer = Isaac H. Eaton | starring = {{Plain list|
- Balthazar Getty
- Peter Weller
- Rebecca Gayheart}} | music = Brian Tyler | cinematography = Frank Byers | editing = | studio = 5150 Productions Newmark Films Inc. Seven Arts Productions | distributor = Newmark Films Inc. (USA) | released = | runtime = 95 min. | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $38,181
Shadow Hours is a 2000 American thriller directed, written and produced by Isaac H. Eaton. It premiered in competition during the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
Plot
Michael Holloway is a recovering addict working as a gas station attendant to support his pregnant wife, Chloe. He is then drawn into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles by Stuart, a mysterious and wealthy stranger.
Cast
- Balthazar Getty as Michael Holloway
- Peter Weller as Stuart Chappell
- Rebecca Gayheart as Chloe Holloway
- Peter Greene as Detective Steve Andrianson
- Frederic Forrest as Sean
- Brad Dourif as Roland Montague
- Michael Dorn as Detective Thomas Greenwood
Reception
Shadow Hours received mixed to negative reviews. The film holds a 14% approval rating on the review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 2.7/10 based on an aggregation of 14 reviews. Metacritic, which uses a weighted mean, assigned a score of 26 out of 100, based on reviews from 13 film critics. Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times wrote that "Rarely has debauchery been such a bore", whereas Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide had a less harsh opinion, calling the movie "a very entertaining, if thoroughly silly, morality tale" and giving it four out of five stars.
References
References
- "Shadow Hours (2000)". Box Office Mojo.
- "Shadow Hours". [[Sundance Institute]].
- "Shadow Hours (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- "Shadow Hours Reviews". [[CBS Interactive]].
- "Shadow Hours - FILM REVIEW; Night Crawlers, Beware: You Could Lose Your Soul". [[The New York Times]].
- (April 2025). "Shadow Hours: Review". [[TV Guide]].
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