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Director:
Writer:
Todd Haynes (written by)
Release Date:
30 June 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
In the 21st century nobody will be...Safe.
Plot:
An unexceptional homemaker in the suburbs develops multiple chemical sensitivity. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Retreat
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Psychiatrist
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Illness
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Housewife
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Environment
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Awards:
3 wins
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6 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julianne Moore | ... | Carol White |
 | Peter Friedman | ... | Peter Dunning |
 | Xander Berkeley | ... | Greg White |
 | Susan Norman | ... | Linda |
 | Kate McGregor-Stewart | ... | Claire (as Kate McGregor Stewart) |
| Mary Carver | ... | Nell |
| Steven Gilborn | ... | Dr. Hubbard |
 | April Grace | ... | Susan |
| Peter Crombie | ... | Dr. Reynolds |
| Ronnie Farer | ... | Barbara |
 | Jodie Markell | ... | Anita |
 | Lorna Scott | ... | Marilyn |
 | James LeGros | ... | Chris |
 | Dean Norris | ... | Mover |
| Julie Burgess | ... | Aerobics instructor |
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MPAA:
Rated R for a sex scene and brief language.
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Runtime:
119 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M |
Sweden:15 (DVD rating) |
Finland:K-11 |
France:U |
Portugal:M/12 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Netherlands:12
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In an outdoor restaurant scene, one of the people sitting in the background is the father of the director Todd Haynes. His sister Wendy is also in that scene.
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Give Yourself To Love
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Not for all tastes, but a superb movie, without doubt. The direction is austere and the character is almost too shallow to care about, but the brilliance of the script and the film as a whole is that it doesn't instruct the viewer what to think, but presents plenty of material to think about. The ending is subtly devastating. Also, the movie contains two or three of the most striking, haunting images I've seen in the past half decade in film.
Someone else compared it to "Dead Ringers", and this is apt in many ways, though the subject matter is less perverse. "Safe" shares a similar aesthetic both in the distance the director takes from the narrative and some matters of style.
Recommended for the daring.