Proximity (typeset as ProXimity) is a 2001 American action thriller film starring Rob Lowe and James Coburn, produced by Zinc Entertainment and released by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment for DVD distribution. It is written by Ben Queen and Seamus Ruane and directed by Scott Ziehl. The film is about an escaped prison convict (Lowe) and the head/founder (Coburn) of a support group called "Justice For The Victim's Families" who has his tragic past and a dark secret.
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Plot
When William Conroy (Rob Lowe) a former college professor is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But, when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, and then turns up dead the next day, Conroy is in more danger than he ever imagined. His suspicions are confirmed when, while on the way to his parole hearing, the van carrying the inmates crashes. Seizing the opportunity, Conroy flees the scene and elicits the help of his lawyer (Mark Boone Junior). What the two discover is a grisly murder ring set up within the prison walls that incriminates those at the highest levels of the correctional system.
Cast
Rob Lowe as William Conroy
Jonathan Banks as Price
Kelly Rowan as Anne Conroy
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson as Yaskin (Credited as T. C. Carson)
Joe Santos as Clive Plummer
Mark Boone Junior as Eric Hawthorne (Credited as Mark Boone Jr.)
David Flynn as Lawrence
James Coburn as Jim Corcoran.
Scott Plate as David Dart
Patrick E. Mahoney Jr. as Stephen Conroy
Jack Sender as Glaser
Anthony McKay as Richard Sherwood (Credited as Anthony McKay)
Robert Ellis as Guard Pattison
Osborne-Milstein Kimberley as Leah Gibson (Credited as Kim Osborne)
Rick Williams as Cole
Moses Israel as Cab Driver
Emma Sciullo as Plummer's Daughter
Jean Zarzour as Receptionist
Bruce Kirkpatrick as Marcus Gibson
Kurt Bryant as Security Guard
Amanda Thomas as Cop Hadine
Griff Allen as Cop Brett
Morgan Lund as Large Prisoner
Lydia Del Torto as Mother
Diane Hageman as Marjorie
Lee MacKay as Middle Aged Woman
Christine Castro as Pushcart Woman
Mitchell Fields as Husband
Sonya A. Avakian as Bernice Gibson
Mahyish Khan as Reporter
Betsy Zajko as Daughter
Catherine L. Albers as Helen
James Kisicki as Frank (Credited as James P. Kisicki)
Rohn Thomas as Marjorie's husband
Marlynne Frierson Cooley as Twin's mother
Brian Anthony Wilson as Twin's father
Mary Elizabeth Boylan as Leah Gibson
Gary Flamik as Self - Tower City crowd spectator
Joy Lynne Fowler as Reporter
Andy Schofield as Courtroom spectator
Production
Joel Silver's Silver Pictures launched Zinc Entertainment as a low-budget production division and Proximity was its first production.