Downloading Nancy (2008)

The story follows the fate of the unhappy wife Nancy who orders the guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.

Director:

Johan Renck

Writers:

Pamela Cuming, Lee Ross

Stars:

Maria Bello, Rufus Sewell, Jason Patric

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Maria Bello	...	Nancy Stockwell
Rufus Sewell	...	Albert Stockwell
Jason Patric	...	Louis Farley
Amy Brenneman	...	Carol
Michael Nyqvist	...	Stan
David Brown	...	Billy Ringel (as Dave Brown)
Josh Strait	...	Medic
Kimberly Elek	...	Little Girl
Matthew Harrison	...	Golf Video Announcer
Sunny Doench	...	Newsreporter
Justin Scot	...	Golf Meditation Voice (voice)

Storyline

Sick of her life, housewife Nancy just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate takes a strange turn when she meets her killer and the two fall in love. Of course, Nancy realizes that love and murder do not naturally go hand in hand.

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Plot Keywords:

internet | golf | vomiting | inspired by true events | strangulation | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2009 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

A Libertação de Nancy

Filming Locations:

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$10,324 (USA) (5 June 2009)

Gross:

$22,153 (USA) (28 August 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tule River Films, World Premiere Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Radha Mitchell and Stellan Skarsgård were originally attached to this project.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nancy: It's like walking on fake ground upside down, choking.
Carol: Oh, is that what you think love feels like?
Nancy: No. Death is like sucking pure oxygen.
Carol: And life?
Nancy: It's like being trapped inside the wrong house looking for a way out.
Carol: Well, how do you know you'll be able to breathe once you die?
Nancy: Because I'll be outside my body. I'll be floating and free.
Carol: How do you know? How do you know it won't be worse?
Nancy: I know it will be better than this.
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User Reviews

dreary and pointless

obviously has some talent attached, Maria Bello is always great. but this is just a dreary wast of time, portraying every character as someone to be loathed and exploited so someone could make a movie out of an 'interesting' story. well, i hope they got it out of their systems. unfortunately for the audience, there is no insight, no sensitivity, no context, and really no humanity. which would all be fine, except it has no humor, no horror, no context, and nothing constructive to say about the story it's trying to tell. bad things happen, you sit and watch it, you don't care, so what? 99% of the time, the words 'based on a true story' constitute an unintentional warning to the audience. it means the director and screenwriter are lazy and fascinated by some events they heard about somewhere, so they just throw them up on the screen and expect the 'true' nature of the story to make the audience feel something without the filmmakers having to do any of the work. i hope they had a great time making this movie. it stinks on ice.