Zero Effect

Zero Effect
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJake Kasdan
Written byJake Kasdan
Based on"A Scandal in Bohemia"
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBill Pope
Edited byTara Timpone
Music byThe Greyboy Allstars
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures[1]
Release date
  • January 30, 1998 (1998-01-30)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[2]
Box office$2 million (US)[2]

Zero Effect is a 1998 American mystery comedy film written and directed by Jake Kasdan in his feature directional debut. Starring Bill Pullman as "the world's most private detective", Daryl Zero, and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo, the film's plot is loosely based on the Arthur Conan Doyle short story "A Scandal in Bohemia".[3]

Shot in Portland, Oregon[4] and scored by The Greyboy Allstars, the film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

The film did not perform well at the box-office grossing $2 million with a budget of $5 million.

  1. ^ a b "Zero Effect (1998)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Zero Effect (1998)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Tobias, Scott (January 14, 2010). "Zero Effect". The AV Club. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Mohan, Marc (June 4, 2014). "Angelina, Keanu and other big stars came to Portland to film these 5 under-the-radar indie movies". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Zero Effect". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved October 4, 2009.

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