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The Gift (2000) -- A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared.
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Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Billy Bob Thornton (written by) &
Tom Epperson (written by)
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Release Date:
19 January 2001 (USA) more
Tagline:
The only witness to the crime was not even there more
Plot:
A woman with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has disappeared. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
8 nominations more
User Comments:
Haunting and deliciously involving more (313 total)

Cast

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Cate Blanchett ... Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson

Giovanni Ribisi ... Buddy Cole

Keanu Reeves ... Donnie Barksdale

Katie Holmes ... Jessica King

Greg Kinnear ... Wayne Collins

Hilary Swank ... Valerie Barksdale

Michael Jeter ... Gerald Weems

Kim Dickens ... Linda

Gary Cole ... David Duncan

Rosemary Harris ... Annie's Granny

J.K. Simmons ... Sheriff Pearl Johnson

Chelcie Ross ... Kenneth King
John Beasley ... Albert Hawkins
Lynnsee Provence ... Mike Wilson
Hunter McGilvray ... Miller Wilson
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Rated R for violence, language, and sexuality/nudity.
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112 min | USA:111 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Cameo: [Danny Elfman]the composer appears as a fiddle player in one of the dream sequences. more
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Continuity: When Annie's friend stops her outside church to inform her of Jessica's disappearance, Annie pauses to put her sweater on. In the next shot, she has the sweater in her hand, and when she gets into her car in the shot after that, she is wearing it again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Annie: Oh, thank you for the peaches.
Tommy Lee Ballard: Yes, ma'am.
Annie: So how you been?
Tommy Lee Ballard: Oh, pretty good, I reckon.
Annie: You had a health problem since I saw you last?
Tommy Lee Ballard: Ma'am?
Annie: Have you been sick.
Tommy Lee Ballard: Back's been hurting a little.
Annie: No, no, it's not your back. You been bleeding somewhere?
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21 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Haunting and deliciously involving, 6 January 2002
8/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Southern psychic and single parent Cate Blanchett is pulled against her will into the logistics of a popular local girl's disappearance. Although the brutality inherent in the script is laid on with a trowel, "The Gift" has many mesmerizing moments, not the least of which is the casting of luminous Blanchett, sensational in the lead. Anyone who has seen Kevin Bacon's "Stir Of Echoes" will notice some curious similarities, but I found this movie much preferable, as it uses a terrific ensemble cast to its full advantage, and weaves a plot that is by turns outrageous and completely absorbing. I bought right into "The Gift" and stayed with it breathlessly every step of the way. ***1/2 from ****

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