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Overview
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Release Date:
30 September 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Everyone has something to hide. See more »
Plot:
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 26 wins
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31 nominations
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A Season In Hell
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Viggo Mortensen | ... | Tom Stall | |
| Maria Bello | ... | Edie Stall | |
| Ed Harris | ... | Carl Fogarty | |
| William Hurt | ... | Richie Cusack | |
| Ashton Holmes | ... | Jack Stall | |
| Peter MacNeill | ... | Sheriff Sam Carney | |
| Stephen McHattie | ... | Leland | |
| Greg Bryk | ... | Billy | |
| Kyle Schmid | ... | Bobby Singer | |
| Sumela Kay | ... | Judy Danvers | |
| Gerry Quigley | ... | Mick | |
| Deborah Drakeford | ... | Charlotte | |
| Heidi Hayes | ... | Sarah Stall | |
| Aidan Devine | ... | Charlie Roarke | |
| Bill MacDonald | ... | Frank Mulligan |
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Rated R for strong brutal violence, graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use.
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96 min
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Finland:K-15 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Philippines:R-13 (cut) | Australia:MA | Singapore:R21 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Hong Kong:III | Japan:R-15 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Czech Republic:15 | Mexico:C | Brazil:18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:R (original rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | Germany:18 (bw) | Italy:T (re-rated) | Italy:VM14 (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #41604) | Israel:16 | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:18
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For the sex scene on the stairs, David Cronenberg was concerned about the two actors getting hurt on the hard wooden steps. He asked his stunt man whether or not he had any stunt pads to soften up the stairs. The stunt man laughed, saying that in the twenty years he had been working as a stunt man, no director had ever asked him for stunt pads for a sex scene. Pads were not used for most of the scene however, and in the shot when Edie is naked on the bed with bruises visible on her back, make-up was used to hide the amount of bruises that Maria Bello received from the scene.See more »
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the high school kids are playing softball you can hear the ball hitting the bat earlier than the player strikes.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
William Orser:So we keep headin' east?
Leland Jones:Yeah, that's the idea.
William Orser:Stay out of the big cities?
Leland Jones:Uh-huh.
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William Orser:So we keep headin' east?
Leland Jones:Yeah, that's the idea.
William Orser:Stay out of the big cities?
Leland Jones:Uh-huh.
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Movie Connections:
References Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)See more »
Soundtrack:
Club Hoppin'See more »
FAQ
Why does Bobby try to goad Jack into starting a fight, instead of just beating him up?Was Tom schizophrenic?
Is A History of Violence based on a book?
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Yes, it made me think that if Jean Arthur Rimbaud had been a man of our times he could have been the one behind this film. Optimism through pessimism. The light of darkness. A contradiction that makes sense, that rings true. A mesmerizing film with a spectacular Viggo Mortensen. The truth is there for us to see it, the truth is going to be told but the truth has the flavor of a fantasy. It is the adopted life the invented one that is real. We're invited into this simple but startling reality guided by the masterful hand of David Cronenberg. The casting is a stroke of genius. Viggo Mortensen has the presence of an icon and yet he can disappear be invisible in the most magnetic way. Maria Bello, for me, a stunning surprise. I didn't know (I still don't) her work, I only remembered her name because she has an unforgettable name. But here she proves she's an actress of enormous emotional/dramatic resources. 2005 is not quite over yet but I bet "A History of Violence" will be among the two or three best films I've seen all year