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The Shipping News

The Shipping News

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20016.41h 51m

Overview

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Directed by Lasse Hallström
Written by Annie Proulx, Robert Nelson Jacobs
Produced by Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Leslie Holleran, Irwin Winkler
Box OfficeBudget: $38.0MRevenue: $24.7M

Top Cast

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

Quoyle

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Wavey Prowse

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

Petal

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Agnis Hamm

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Tert Card

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Jack Buggit

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans

Beaufield Nutbeem

Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

Billy Pretty

Jason Behr

Jason Behr

Dennis Buggit

Kate Moennig

Kate Moennig

Grace Moosup

Themes & Keywords

adulterybased on novel or bookisolationkidnappingfishingnewfoundland and labradorsurvivalreporterdrunk

About The Shipping News

The Shipping News is a drama, romance film released in 2001 exploring themes of adultery, based on novel or book, isolation, kidnapping, fishing, newfoundland and labrador. Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett. An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

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