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Release Date:
25 May 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
First they send in their drone... then they find their queen. more
Plot:
An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(47 articles)
The Missing Person: Michael Shannon
(From Tribeca Film. 18 November 2009, 5:45 AM, PST)
Herzog and Lynch’s My Son snags theatrical release
(From Fangoria. 6 November 2009, 7:35 AM, PST)
(From Tribeca Film. 18 November 2009, 5:45 AM, PST)
Herzog and Lynch’s My Son snags theatrical release
(From Fangoria. 6 November 2009, 7:35 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Ashley Judd | ... | Agnes White |
 | Michael Shannon | ... | Peter Evans |
 | Harry Connick Jr. | ... | Jerry Goss |
 | Lynn Collins | ... | R.C. |
 | Brian F. O'Byrne | ... | Dr. Sweet |
 | Neil Bergeron | ... | Man in Grocery Store |
| Bob Neill | ... | Pizza Harris (voice) |
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Rated R for some strong violence, sexuality, nudity, language and drug use.
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102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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France:-12 (with warning) |
USA:R (certificate #42342) |
Canada:14A (Alberta) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Brazil:16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Germany:16 |
UK:18 |
Taiwan:R-18 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-15 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
Argentina:16
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Michael Shannon reprises the role he played in the stage version.
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Continuity: Peter wraps the phone in plastic, but later when RC goes to make the aborted phone call she does not have to unwrap the phone. She merely picks it up and dials.
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References "The Big Valley" (1965)
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She Gets
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Is this a remake of Bug (1975)?more
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Many viewers have been bashing this film, and for the mainstream crowd expecting an obvious crowd-pleaser focused on one genre, I can completely understand why you didn't like the film. However, the film goes much deeper than it appears to be. Many people are expecting a horror film, and are confused by the intense monologues and the dark comedy mixed in with the self-inflicted torture and self-defense from the outside world, which are clearly characteristics of a psychological thriller. The movie was not meant to have any "heroes" or "villains", but it was meant to show everyday people in an everyday world, with one woman so lonely, so desperate to have someone who can love her, who finally finds someone who can read her, that she sets aside the fact that he is a paranoid schizophrenic who believes that someone is out to get him. After many hours and days spent together, cut off from society, she gradually becomes one with him, his madness slowly sinking into her mind as she joins him in his own delusional world. The film is not your average film, and will understandably turn off or confuse many viewers. Please note, however, that the film deals with an extremely serious illness that can't be "prettied up" or be made simpler to try and understand what's going on. It just presents itself in a straight-forward, natural form, which is usually tougher to understand and accept, much like the film.