Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film, starring Dennis Hopper, Zachary Ty Bryan, Morgan Fairchild and Debi Mazar. It was directed and written by Lee Stanley based on the novel by Lois Duncan. Five spoiled high-school students are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area. It was filmed over three weeks 1999 in the Everglades, Miami and Orlando Disney's MGM studios and surrounding areas.