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- 2004
- Paul Haggis
- 107 mins
- 15
Summary
Oscar-winning ensemble drama directed by the screenwriter of Million Dollar Baby, starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle and Matt Dillon. The lives of an apparently unconnected group of people in Los Angeles are altered irrevocably by a series of random but highly eventful incidents.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Karen Krizanovich
Los Angeles provides the setting for writer/director Paul Haggis's finely tuned ensemble drama about interconnected lives, which was the surprise winner of the 2005 best picture Oscar. Like Short Cuts and Magnolia, Haggis's film ambitiously weaves several narrative strands into a short time frame - in this case, just 36 hours. Here, as the title suggests, the characters are brought together by a series of violent collisions and close encounters. Among them are a racist cop (Matt Dillon), a TV director's highly strung wife (Thandie Newton), a detective dogged by serious family problems (Don Cheadle) and two car-jacking victims (Sandra Bullock and Brendan Fraser). Haggis and co-writer Bobby Moresco - who picked up an Academy Award for their screenplay - have created a raft of fully developed characters, linked by chance, criminal acts and simmering racial tensions. As events (both kind and cruel) unfold, even the most seasoned movie-goer will find something here to surprise - and shock.
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rolenameJeanSandra BullockGraham WaltersDon CheadleOfficer RyanMatt DillonRiaJennifer EspositoFlanaganWilliam FichtnerRickBrendan FraserCameronTerrence HowardAnthonyChris "Ludacris" BridgesChristineThandiwe NewtonOfficer HansenRyan PhillippePeterLarenz TateKarenNona GayeLieutenant DixonKeith DavidFredTony DanzaParkDaniel Dae KimShereenMarina Sirtis
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rolenameDirectorPaul Haggis
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Theatrical distributor
Pathe{acute}
Released on
2005-08-12
Languages
English | Korean | Persian | Spanish
Guidance
Violence, swearing and a sex scene.
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DVD and Blu-ray
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Colour
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