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Cold Mountain

  • 2003
  • R
  • 2h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
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In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.

  • Director
    • Anthony Minghella
  • Writers
    • Charles Frazier
    • Anthony Minghella
  • Stars
    • Jude Law
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Renée Zellweger
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    152K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,011
    62
    • Director
      • Anthony Minghella
    • Writers
      • Charles Frazier
      • Anthony Minghella
    • Stars
      • Jude Law
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Renée Zellweger
    • 728User reviews
    • 175Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 20 wins & 101 nominations total

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    Jude Law
    Jude Law
    • Inman
    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Ada Monroe
    Renée Zellweger
    Renée Zellweger
    • Ruby Thewes
    Eileen Atkins
    Eileen Atkins
    • Maddy
    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • Stobrod Thewes
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Reverend Veasey
    Natalie Portman
    Natalie Portman
    • Sara
    Giovanni Ribisi
    Giovanni Ribisi
    • Junior
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Reverend Monroe
    Ray Winstone
    Ray Winstone
    • Teague
    Kathy Baker
    Kathy Baker
    • Sally Swanger
    James Gammon
    James Gammon
    • Esco Swanger
    Charlie Hunnam
    Charlie Hunnam
    • Bosie
    Jack White
    Jack White
    • Georgia
    Ethan Suplee
    Ethan Suplee
    • Pangle
    Jena Malone
    Jena Malone
    • Ferry Girl
    Melora Walters
    Melora Walters
    • Lila
    Lucas Black
    Lucas Black
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    • Director
      • Anthony Minghella
    • Writers
      • Charles Frazier
      • Anthony Minghella
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Brendan Gleeson is an accomplished violin player and did all of his own playing in this movie.
    • Goofs
      During the battle scene, it appears that some of the American flags being carried by the Union soldiers are the "50 star" type flags. The American flag with 50 stars was not used until at least 1960, after Hawaii was made a state.
    • Quotes

      Ruby: Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war "a cloud over the land" but they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say "Shit, it's rainin'!"

    • Connections
      Edited into Climbing 'Cold Mountain' (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      You Will Be My Ain True Love
      (2003)

      Written and Composed by Sting

      Arranged by Sting and Dave Hartley

      Performed by Alison Krauss

      Alison Krauss appears courtesy of Rounder Records

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    8/10
    Invested with nobility
    Anthony Minghella knew something of the Civil War in locating his story in North Carolina. Of all the states that seceded to form the Confederacy, North Carolina may have been the most reluctant. It's Governor Zebulon Vance who is mentioned in the story dragged his feet in giving help to the Confederate government and its citizens save for the east where the plantations were never really embraced the Southern cause. Jude Law's attitude about fighting for a rich man to own slaves was not at all uncommon in North Carolina.

    Which after a well staged recreation of the siege at Petersburg which when the north blew up the Confederate defenses by tunneling under and mining them with explosives did not have the desired result, Law decides he's sick of war and just quits to go back to his sweetheart Nicole Kidman on Cold Mountain. In the meantime Nicole is having her own problems just keeping body, soul, and property together on the small family farm. So the film proceeds along two tracks of Law's journey and Kidman's problems.

    The stronger track for me is clearly Kidman and her problems. Renee Zellweger won a Best Supporting Actress Award for playing a young white trash woman who Kidman takes on for just board and feed to help with the farm. Without her help the farm's survival would be problematic although she has to put up with some pithy observation as well. Zellweger invests this simple character with so many dimensions her performance even without the Oscar capping it is her personal best. Kidman while not to the plantation manor born being the daughter of minister Donald Sutherland also is not used to manual farm labor. She grows in character as the film progresses.

    As for Law and Kidman as well he has to worry about the Home guard, a self appointed group of militia taking over because official government machinery has broken down. Probably before the war they were slave catchers, now they hunt deserters and those who aid and abet them. Giovanni Ribisi also scores well as a young man in the home guard who declined to serve at places like Petersburg. Ribisi is some piece of work.

    Besides Zellweger's Oscar, Cold Mountain was deservedly nominated for a flock of other Oscars. It's a marvelous look at the decline of the Confederacy, a cause that simply would not die quietly. In its own way the survivors are invested with the same kind of nobility that the Gone With The Wind cast was.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2003 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Núi Lạnh
    • Filming locations
      • Carpathian Mountains, Romania(all mountain scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Mirage Enterprises
      • Bona Fide Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $79,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $95,636,509
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,500,000
      • Dec 28, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $173,013,509
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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