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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   7,494 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Irving (novel)
Tod Williams (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 September 2004 (Norway) more
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Tagline:
The most dangerous secrets are the ones we're afraid to tell ourselves.
Plot:
A writer's young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss's disintegrating household. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
User Comments:
Mail the little gold statue to Bridges right now for my money more (118 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Elle Fanning ... Ruth Cole

Jeff Bridges ... Ted Cole

Kim Basinger ... Marion Cole

Jon Foster ... Eddie O'Hare
Larry Pine ... Interviewer

John Rothman ... Minty O'Hare
Harvey Loomis ... Dr. Loomis

Bijou Phillips ... Alice

Mimi Rogers ... Evelyn Vaughn
Mike S. Ryan ... Reception Fan

Libby Langdon ... Woman at Reception
Louis Arcella ... Eduardo Gomez
Robert LuPone ... Mendelssohn

Rachel Style ... Bookstore Assistant
Amanda Posner ... Frame Shop Clerk
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality and graphic images, and language.
Runtime:
111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Japan:R-15 | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:R | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Ireland:16 | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #40314) | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:16
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Trivia:
The deceased Cole boys, Thomas and Timothy, were played by director/screenwriter Tod Williams's cousins Tod Harrison Williams and Carter Williams, and the photographs featured in the film are their actual childhood photos. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The flashback scene in the car with the boys is supposed to take place during a heavy snow fall, and the back window and tail lights of the car are supposed to be covered with snow, but the window is completely clear. more
Quotes:
Ted Cole: [discussing Eddie's first story] Oh, its very heartfelt. Very personal. Well, its just a collection of personal anecdotes that don't really add up to much.
Eddie O'Hare: I was just trying to see if could write something that seemed true.
Ted Cole: Oh, it seems true. It just isn't very interesting. It sort of an emotional outburst, but it really isn't a story.
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20 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
Mail the little gold statue to Bridges right now for my money, 25 July 2004
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Author: thesundance14 from Houston, Texas

Jeff Bridges has always seemed to me to be on the edge of doing some really good things and not quite getting there. He was pretty good in Seabiscuit and back a ways he was good as "Dude" in The Big Lebowski, but in The Door in the Floor he is stretched and put to the test in a complicated role and he is WONDERFUL in it!

The story is at times intricate and somewhat tedious, but it holds and makes its case because of Bridges. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels obliged each year to give out a best actor award. Many years I think they should just say...."none of the works meet minimum standard"...but this year we won't have to worry about that, at least one role so far is head and shoulders above the rest and that is Jeff Bridges as Ted Cole in The Door in the Floor.

Kim Basinger, still a beauty at "50 something", plays his troubled wife Marion with great style and feeling.

The story is not all that original. Tragedy and dealing with it are Hollywood fare of many decades. However, this one is a bit different and entwines a boy becomes a man twist and a whole lot more. Just go see it! It is not a typical summer movie...I wonder why it came out so early ????...but it is great.

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