The Shipping News (2001)
- Directed by
- Lasse Hallström
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 426 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man named Quoyle, emotionally worn down by life, moves with his young daughter from New York to a small fishing village in Newfoundland that was his ancestral home. There he tries to build a new life and find a sense of belonging.
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What happens
The Shipping News is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Lasse Hallström from a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by E. Annie Proulx. It stars Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Pete Postlethwaite, and Cate Blanchett. The plot follows the emotionally beaten Quoyle, who moves with his daughter from Upstate New York to his ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing village. The film was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on December 25, 2001, by Miramax Films. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $24.6 million worldwide against a $38 million budget. At the 55th British Academy Film Awards, Spacey and Dench were nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively. The film also received two nominations at the 59th Golden Globe Awards and two nominations at the 7th Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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