Abandon

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Abandon

"Watch who you leave behind."

2002

1h 39m

4.8(169 votes)

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

A psychological thriller about a senior at one of America's most prestigious universities. Under enormous pressure to complete her thesis and earn a top job at one of the world's most competitive consulting firms, Katie is still coping with the sudden unexplained disappearance of her first love two years prior. As the investigation continues, Katie is forced to choose between past passions and new possibilities, even as new facts are uncovered.

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Cast & Crew

131 members

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Katie Holmes

Katie Burke

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Benjamin Bratt

Wade Handler

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Charlie Hunnam

Embry Larkin

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Zooey Deschanel

Samantha Harper

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Fred Ward

Bill Stayton

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Mark Feuerstein

Robert Hanson

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Melanie Lynskey

Mousy Julie

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Philip Bosco

Professor Jergensen

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Gabriel Mann

Harrison Hobart

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Will McCormack

August

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Gabrielle Union

Amanda Luttrell

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Greg Kramer

Andre

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Gillian Ferrabee

Susan

Writing

Barry Julien

Ted

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Tony Goldwyn

David Schaffer

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Scott Faulconbridge

Jed

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Vanessa Petch

Young Katie

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Victoria Petch

Young Katie

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Kevin Ryder

Regular Guy

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Rachelle Lefevre

Eager Beaver

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Paul Lemelin

Eager Beaver

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Simon Peacock

Tech Recruiter

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Howard Bilerman

Venture Capitalist

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Mark Camacho

Detective Rigney

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Mike Tsar

Detective Kanter

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Robert Burns

Archivist

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Kim Lambert

Female Interviewee

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Alicia Westelman

Girl Singer

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Jodie Resther

Girl Singer

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Bonnie Mak

Waitress

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Joe Cobden

Student on Cell Phone

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Kwasi Songui

Campus Security Officer

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Jay Lavalley

Campus Security Officer

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Arthur Holden

Frank Peabody

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Brett Watson

Recovering Alcoholic College Student

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Noel Burton

Bill

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Bill Rowat

Harrison Hobart, Sr.

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Liz MacRae

Mrs. Harrison Hobart

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Crew

Richard McConomy

Cabbie

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Bill Corday

Homeless Guy

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Gianpaolo Venuta

Research Assistant

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Sheena Larkin

Female Mogul

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Ivan Smith

Professor

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Mike Paterson

Russian Bear

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Samir Mallal

Indian Guy

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David Gow

Passerby Outside Plum

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Tim Petch

Katie's Father

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Ryan Wilner

Student in Cafeteria

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Charles S. Doucet

Recovering Alcoholic Member

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Charles Papasoff

Recovering Alcoholic Member

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Andrea Sadler

Recovering Alcoholic Member

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Christian Paul

Recovering Alcoholic Member

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Shawn Baichoo

Trip Hop Inferno: Virgil

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Ryan Kennedy

Trip Hop Inferno: Tortured Soul

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Philip LeMaistre

Trip Hop Inferno: Tortured Soul

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Giancarlo Caltabiano

Trip Hop Inferno: Dante

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Joseph Baugniet

Trip Hop Inferno: Performer

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John Fallon

Trip Hop Inferno: Mime

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Daniel Lee

Trip Hop Inferno: Wolf

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Malcolm Travis

Trip Hop Inferno: Minos

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Bryanne Hastings

Trip Hop Inferno: Performer

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Joan McBride

Library Assistant

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Aaron Baril

Student Choir

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Crew

David Benson

Student Choir

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Chris Burrage

Student Choir

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Jonathan Davis

Student Choir

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Jon Day

Student Choir

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Benjamin Kwong

Student Choir

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Kris Epps

Student Choir

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Owen Meyers

Student Choir

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Nathaniel Misri

Student Choir

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Dantonio Pisano

Student Choir

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David Podgorski

Student Choir

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Mark Barter

Student Choir

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Mark Biunno

Student Choir

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Padraig Buttner-Schnirer

Student Choir

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Chris Forbes

Student Choir

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Fred Issid

Student Choir

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Andrew Mangal

Student Choir

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Nick Roy

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Jonathan Stewart

Student Choir

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Si-Wai Francis Zih

Student Choir

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Ahad Sianati

Student Choir

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Raffael Cavaliere

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Marika Anthony-Shaw

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Annesley Black

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Marie Claude Harvey

Student Choir

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Amelia McMahon

Student Choir

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Tobie Miller

Student Choir

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Anne-Lise Nadeau

Student Choir

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Julie Paquet

Student Choir

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Martine Poirier

Student Choir

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Fanny Quenneville

Student Choir

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Sahra Ucar

Student Choir

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Shannon Simpson

Student Choir

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Wing-Chan "Emily" Chung

Student Choir

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Marie-Noel Daignault

Student Choir

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Nancy Duncan

Student Choir

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Doherty Caitlin

Student Choir

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Talya Grumberg

Student Choir

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Rachel Moody

Student Choir

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Jessica Muirhead

Student Choir

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Bohdanna Novak

Student Choir

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Gael O'Shaughnessy

Student Choir

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Iwan Edwards

Choir Conductor

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Shannon Cohen

Pirates of Penzance

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Zosia Bornik

Pirates of Penzance

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Michele Tredger

Pirates of Penzance

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Erica Danya Goldblatt

Pirates of Penzance

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Daniel Murphy

Pirates of Penzance

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Chad Connell

Pirates of Penzance

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Christopher Dyson

Pirates of Penzance

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Eric Biunno

Pirates of Penzance

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Andrea Shuster

Pirates of Penzance

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Edward Lafferty

Pirates of Penzance

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Sherry O'Connell

Pirates of Penzance

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Nathalie Beaudoin

Pirates of Penzance

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Emily Lamarche

Pirates of Penzance

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Andrew Burr

Pirates of Penzance

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Mark Hauser

Pirates of Penzance

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Jeffrey Wetsch

Pirates of Penzance

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Sacha Medine

Pirates of Penzance

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Eli Udell

Pirates of Penzance

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John Gilbert

Pirates of Penzance

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Bombyx Du Murier

Pirates of Penzance

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Marc Gourdeau

Client De La Tabagie

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Eric Benton

Ski Mask Guy (uncredited)

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Claudia Besso

Susan Bunwell (uncredited)

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Josh Kimmel

Grieving Student (uncredited)

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Camille Wainwright

Ellie Watson (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Whitmere

Mrs. Burke (uncredited)

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