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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Patrick Marber (play)
Patrick Marber (screenplay)
Release Date:
3 December 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking. more
Plot:
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(152 articles)
Film School 101: Protagonists
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User Comments:
Who's afraid of Closer? more (851 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Natalie Portman | ... | Alice | |
| Jude Law | ... | Dan | |
| Julia Roberts | ... | Anna | |
| Clive Owen | ... | Larry | |
| Nick Hobbs | ... | Taxi Driver | |
| Colin Stinton | ... | Customs Officer |
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Rated R for sequences of graphic sexual dialogue, nudity/sexuality and language.
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104 min | Turkey:98 min (TV version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #40116) | Taiwan:R-12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SX | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 | Sweden:11 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Indonesia:Dewasa
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The original Broadway production of "Closer" by Patrick Marber opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 15, 1999, ran for 172 performances and was nominated for the 1999 Tony Award for the Best Play. Marber also wrote the screenplay for this filmed production. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Larry is talking with Dan at his office his tie changes between shots. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV) more
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World Outside more
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Mike Nichols directed, in my opinion, one of the three best adaptations from stage to screen. "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf" (The other two being Sidney Lumet's "Long day's journey into night" and Elia Kazan's "A Streetcar named Desire) After the extraordinary television adaptation of "Angels in America" I also would have pleaded with Mike Nichols to do "Closer" Sorry I'm rambling. What I'm trying to say in a rather convoluted way is, simply, thank you Mr. Nichols. Adult themes, conceived and performed by adult artists. I hope it makes zillions of dollars so we can have more of it. Jude Law is a Peter O'Toole without the steroids, Julia Roberts a Jeanne Moreau with an American passport, Clive Owen is a child of John Garfield and Peter Finch and Natalie Portman a Jean Peters with a college degree. I saw the film twice in a row, I hadn't done that in years. Not since "Drugstore Cowboy", "Apartment Zero" and "Sex Lies and Videotape" The unfolding of the dark happens in front of our eyes and it feels chillingly familiar. Lies we tell each other with so much conviction with so much honesty. The only real thing is the pain and the loneliness. It doesn't sound like a very entertaining night out but believe me, it is. Go, see for yourself. You may have to confront something you didn't want to confront. That's part of the process call growing up. Who's afraid of that?