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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   1,246 votes
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Director:
Richard Kelly
Writers (WGA):
Richard Kelly (screenplay)
Richard Matheson (short story "Button, Button")
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 November 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
You Are The Experiment more
Plot:
A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(375 articles)
Box Office: An Indie Racks Up Some ‘Precious’ Per Screen Totals
 (From The Flickcast. 9 November 2009, 9:15 AM, PST)

Weekend Box Office
 (From FEARnet. 9 November 2009, 8:32 AM, PST)

User Comments:
10/10, Best movie of 2009 more (46 total)
US Showtimes:
The Bridge: Cinema de lux 1:05pm | 3:55 | 6:45 | 9:35 (personalize) more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cameron Diaz ... Norma Lewis

James Marsden ... Arthur Lewis

Frank Langella ... Arlington Steward
James Rebhorn ... Norm Cahill
Holmes Osborne ... Dick Burns
Sam Oz Stone ... Walter Lewis

Gillian Jacobs ... Dana
Celia Weston ... Lana Burns
Deborah Rush ... Clymene Steward

Lisa K. Wyatt ... Rhonda Martin
Mark S. Cartier ... Martin Teague (as Mark Cartier)
Kevin Robertson ... Wendel Matheson
Michele Durrett ... Rebecca Matheson (as Michele Durett)

Ian Kahn ... Vick Brenner
John Magaro ... Charles
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.
Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44919) | Finland:K-13 | UK:12A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba)

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Trivia:
This marks the first PG-13 film to be directed by Richard Kelly. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Moviemaking in Virginia: Take 3 (2008) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Can't You See more

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7 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
10/10, Best movie of 2009, 7 November 2009
10/10
Author: gogrrrt from United States

For those of us who loved Donnie Darko, and loved Southland Tales even more, this movie is perfect. Richard Kelly is by far the best director making movies today. This movie is challenging, thought-provoking, and exciting. It may be my favorite Richard Kelly film, which is saying a lot. I will definitely have to see it again. This is a movie I already know I'm going to watch at least 5 more times; the mystery in the story is very captivating. Like all of Richard Kelly's movies, this movie will earn itself a devoted cult following and will gain most of it's attention through word of mouth, despite having a more mainstream release.

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