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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
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Release Date:
7 January 2000 (USA)
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Plot:
A Japanese-American fisherman may have killed his neighbor Carl at sea. In the 1950's, race figures in the trial. So does reporter Ishmael. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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8 nominations
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It's "Stand By Me" and "To Kill A Mockingbird" blended into one.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ethan Hawke | ... | Ishmael Chambers |
 | Youki Kudoh | ... | Hatsue Miyamoto |
| Reeve Carney | ... | Young Ishmael Chambers |
| Anne Suzuki | ... | Young Hatsue Imada |
 | Rick Yune | ... | Kazuo Miyamoto |
 | Max von Sydow | ... | Nels Gudmundsson (as Max Von Sydow) |
| James Rebhorn | ... | Alvin Hooks |
 | James Cromwell | ... | Judge Fielding |
 | Richard Jenkins | ... | Sheriff Art Moran |
| Arija Bareikis | ... | Susan Marie Heine |
 | Eric Thal | ... | Carl Heine Jr. |
| Celia Weston | ... | Etta Heine |
| Daniel von Bargen | ... | Carl Heine Sr. (as Daniel Von Bargen) |
| Akira Takayama | ... | Hisao Imada |
 | Ako | ... | Fujiko Imada |
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Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, sensuality and brief strong language.
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Runtime:
127 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Finland:S |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Australia:M |
Iceland:12 |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Denmark:11 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (bw) |
Ireland:15 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 (936516) |
Norway:11 |
Philippines:PG-13
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Many of the "Harbor" and "Ocean" related signage remains in the filming location of Greenwood. This causes some confusion to tourists as Greenwood is 275 miles inland.
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Anachronisms: A Coast Guard form (reporting weather and shipping messages) shown in the lighthouse scene lists the Coast Guard as part of the Department of Transportation. The Coast Guard was under the Department of the Treasury until 1967.
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Nels Gudmundsson:
It takes a rare thing, a turning point, to free oneself from any obsession. Be it prejudice or hate, or, even love.
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My Blue Heaven
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A tightly wound and dynamic thriller that centers around a local news reporter (Ethan Hawke) who runs into an old childhood flame part friend (Youri Kudoh) during a murder trial in a small Washington town during the early 1950s. Director Scott Hicks, who made a name for himself and actor Geoffrey Rush in "Shine", takes an interesting approach in putting plenty of flashbacks that go back to the late 1930s and it works wonderfully. The film's best (and the saddest) flashback scene is witnessing every Japanese person being hauled off in (trucks or trains) to special camps. The courtroom scenes are excellent and watching the devoted prosecutor (James Rebhorn) and an aging, but determined defense attorney (Max von Sydow, who should have snatched a nod for Best Supporting Actor) make their cases is almost perfect. The film is backed by Robert Richardson's terrific cinematography and composer James Newton Howard's gentle and moving score. It's "Stand By Me" meets "To Kill A Mockingbird".