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Release Date:
17 September 2004 (Norway)
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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
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1 win
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4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
European Film Awards 2009: Prix Fipresci to Andrzej Wajda
(From Alternative Film Guide. 3 December 2009, 10:52 AM, PST)
Spotlight: Marcelo Zarvos
(From Daily Film Music Blog. 6 May 2009, 7:05 AM, PDT)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 3 December 2009, 10:52 AM, PST)
Spotlight: Marcelo Zarvos
(From Daily Film Music Blog. 6 May 2009, 7:05 AM, PDT)
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This is NOT The Cat In The Hat
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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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Rated R for strong sexuality and graphic images, and language.
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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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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.
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Continuity: When Eddie and Marion are having dinner, Eddie's glass is nearly empty as he begins to tell her a joke. During the middle part of the joke, the glass is nearly full, and by the time he gets to the punch line, it is empty again.
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Features The Big Bend (2003) (V)
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Soundtrack:
My Neck, My Back
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As a huge follower of Jeff Bridges' work, I am here to tell you that if you're a fan too, you must jettison yourself out of your chair forthwith and propel yourself immediately to a theatre where this magnificent film is showing.
The Door In The Floor gives Bridges a chance to create a character truly worthy of his subtle (and generally overlooked) brilliance; his organic, from-the-inside-out approach makes what he does seem so effortless, so thoroughly not-like-acting that he's generally hardly given his due, and if he doesn't garner some serious recognition for what he brings to the table here, there's quite simply no hope for the world.
This is a film of deep, devastating power - a film where you, as an audience member, actually share space with the two main characters, Ted and Marion Cole (Bridges, of course, and an equally-brilliant Kim Bassinger, who once again reminds us why she won an Oscar a few years back). We inhabit their crumbled world, from the inside, not just as observers. By the end, we feel as if we have gone through their tragedy with them, and when I left the theatre, I felt as if my life had been changed by sharing with them what I just shared - as if time itself had stopped and left me suspended in there, with them.