The Relic

The Relic
Theatrical release poster with the film's original release year 1996.
Directed by	Peter Hyams
Screenplay by	Amy Holden Jones John Raffo Rick Jaffa Amanda Silver
Based on	Relic by Douglas Preston Lincoln Child
Produced by	Gale Anne Hurd Sam Mercer
Starring	Penelope Ann Miller Tom Sizemore Linda Hunt James Whitmore
Cinematography	Peter Hyams
Edited by	Steven Kemper
Music by	John Debney
Production companies	Cloud Nine Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Marubeni Toho-Towa Tele-München BBC Pacific Western Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 10, 1997 (1997-01-10)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States[1]
Language	English
Budget	$40–60 million[2][3]
Box office	$48 million[3][4]

The Relic is a 1997 American monster-horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling 1995 novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, and James Whitmore. In the film, a detective and a biologist try to defeat a South American lizard-like monster which is on a killing spree in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

The movie was shot in Chicago at the Field Museum of Natural History. Production was originally intended to be held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.^[5] However, a deal could not be reached and, after taking interest in the film's premise, the Field Museum offered to let the studio shoot there instead. The film was the second on-screen collaboration between Hunt, Miller, and supporting actor Chi Muoi Lo, all three of whom also worked on the film Kindergarten Cop.

The film was released in the United States on January 10, 1997, by Paramount Pictures. It grossed only $48 million worldwide against a $40–60 million budget. It was the last film appearance of actress Audra Lindley.