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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   47,147 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John le Carré (novel)
Jeffrey Caine (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 August 2005 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Love. At any cost.
Plot:
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 20 wins & 42 nominations more
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(109 articles)
The Decade’s Film: 2005-2009
 (From t5m.com. 21 December 2009, 7:33 AM, PST)

Weisz: 'Oscar Win Was Bizarre'
 (From WENN. 14 December 2009, 12:06 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Stunning.... more (556 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ralph Fiennes ... Justin Quayle

Rachel Weisz ... Tessa Quayle
Hubert Koundé ... Dr. Arnold Bluhm

Danny Huston ... Sandy Woodrow
Daniele Harford ... Miriam
Packson Ngugi ... Officer in Morgue
Damaris Itenyo Agweyu ... Jomo's Wife
Bernard Otieno Oduor ... Jomo
Gerard McSorley ... Sir Kenneth 'Kenny' Curtiss

Bill Nighy ... Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Keith Pearson ... Porter Coleridge
John Sibi-Okumu ... Dr. Joshua Ngaba
Donald Sumpter ... Tim Donohue

Archie Panjabi ... Ghita Pearson
Nick Reding ... Crick
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der ewige Gärtner (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity.
Runtime:
129 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Ralph Fiennes held and operated the camera for Justin's point-of-view shots in the film. more
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Factual errors: When Tessa is videochatting (under Windows XP) the FFWD/REW controls are clearly visible in the interface. Above the video a text can be read "Buffering 500 mbps", a speed which is impossible to achieve on most lines, especially the consumer-grade connection that the German activist is using. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Justin Quayle: Oh, thank you Arnold. I... I can manage that. But I still don't see why you couldn't wait a couple of weeks. Why go all the way up to Loki?
Tessa Quayle: Well, we want to hear Grace Makanga speak, and she won't be coming to Nairobi.
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131 out of 201 people found the following comment useful.
Stunning...., 20 September 2005
9/10
Author: Piltdown_Man from United States

This is a rare gem in today's gravel pit of features. Rachel Weisz is truly transcendent. She is just so immensely real and powerful and alive! Fienne's role as that of a somewhat distant man is the perfect complement to this.

Visually, this is one of the finest films I've seen in years; the editing is brilliant and the cinematography is beautiful; the DP gives us subtle stylistic cues and approaches which highlight the many different worlds we encounter, from the abject poverty of Africa to the interior of a private London club.

See this film...and see what a movie can really be.

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