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Blindness (2008) -- This is the second trailer for Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles.
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Blindness (2008) -- This is the teaser trailer for Blindness, directed by Fernando Meirelles.
Blindness (2008) -- A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down...
Blindness (2008) -- 90 percent of the world's population is inexplicably struck by Blindness

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   21,262 votes
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Director:
Writers:
José Saramago (novel)
Don McKellar (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 October 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Lust is blind. more
Plot:
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
12 wins & 14 nominations more
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Intense, slow, gritty, powerful and methodic more (237 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Yusuke Iseya ... First Blind Man
Jason Bermingham ... Driver #1

Eduardo Semerjian ... Concerned Pedestrian #1
Don McKellar ... Thief
Ciça Meirelles ... Driver #2
Antônio Fragoso ... Concerned Pedestrian #2
Lilian Blanc ... Concerned Pedestrian #3
Douglas Silva ... Onlooker #1
Daniel Zettel ... Onlooker #2
Yoshino Kimura ... First Blind Man's Wife

Joe Pingue ... Taxi Driver
Susan Coyne ... Receptionist

Danny Glover ... Man with the Black Eye Patch
Fabiana Guglielmetti ... Mother of the Boy (as Fabiana Gugli)
Mitchell Nye ... Boy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blindness (Japan: English title)
Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira (Brazil)
L'aveuglement (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity.
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121 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In addition to cutting it, Julianne Moore dyed her signature red hair blonde for the film. This made her very uncomfortable because people were giving the new color so much attention. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The pistol used in the movie appears to be a snub-nosed revolver, typically holding between 5 to 10 bullets. The number of rounds fired off without any indication of reloading is closer to 15 throughout the "Ward 3" standoff. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
First Blind Man: I'm blind.
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201 out of 337 people found the following comment useful.
Intense, slow, gritty, powerful and methodic, 4 October 2008
10/10
Author: ToddWebb from Washington, DC

I expected an over-the-top action flick, a-la Mad Max style or I Am Legend style. This movie was much slower, much dirtier, and more real. It was more like the BOOK "I Am Legend." The point of the flick was the human element and not the action. It was great.

Having said that, I should have waited to rent it. The audience sitting around me was not intelligent enough to appreciate it -- nor intelligent enough to shut up during the movie. Their chattiness seemed to be born out of boredom. Shame.

I wondered how the movie would end. And at 2 hours long I had plenty of time to think about it. I could not guess it. Perhaps someone smarter, or who thinks in more obvious terms could have guessed it. But I was surprised by it. And it really leaves you thinking. That is, if you were thinking during the movie up to that point.

This movie is dirty to watch and will leave you feeling dirty. In a very adult, intelligent, thought-provoking manner. I write few reviews. This movie moved me to write a review.

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