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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Guillermo Arriaga (written by)
Release Date:
26 December 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Difference between dead and life more
Plot:
A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician (Penn), a grieving mother (Watts) and a born-again ex-con (Del Toro). full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 34 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Watts Failed To Hide Pregnancy from Director's Sister
(From WENN. 14 September 2007)
Inarritu: "US Is Obsessed With Power"
(From WENN. 25 May 2006)
User Comments:
An intelligent, sensitive and human portray of fatality more (507 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Penn | ... | Paul Rivers | |
| Naomi Watts | ... | Cristina Peck | |
| Danny Huston | ... | Michael | |
| Carly Nahon | ... | Cathy | |
| Claire Pakis | ... | Laura | |
| Benicio Del Toro | ... | Jack Jordan | |
| Nick Nichols | ... | Boy | |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg | ... | Mary Rivers | |
| John Rubinstein | ... | Gynecologist | |
| Eddie Marsan | ... | Reverend John | |
| Loyd Keith Salter | ... | Fat Man | |
| Antef A. Harris | ... | Basketball Guy | |
| Melissa Leo | ... | Marianne Jordan | |
| Marc Musso | ... | Freddy (as Marc Thomas Musso) | |
| Teresa Delgado | ... | Gina |
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Rated R for language, sexuality, some violence and drug use.
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Runtime:
124 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #40185) | Portugal:M/16 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Singapore:R(A) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating)
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The poem by the Venezuelan writer that Paul ('Sean Penn') quotes when he's in the restaurant with Cristina (Naomi Watts) is "La Tierra Giró para Acercarnos" by Eugenio Montejo. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When the doctor is listening to Paul's heart, he has his stethoscope in backwards. The ear pieces are supposed to face forward, but his are obviously facing backwards. In that position, not only would they hurt his ears, they would also hinder his ability to listen to the heart. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Michael:
Check, please.
Cathy:
Look Daddy, a volcano.
[Cathy blows bubbles into her soft drink]
Michael:
It's very pretty. Drink up your volcano. All right. We're going. Mommy's waiting.
Cathy:
Daddy, please. Just one more minute.
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Referenced in "ER: 21 Guns (#12.22)" (2006) more
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Some Devil more
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Alberto Gonzalez Iñárritu, becomes with " 21Grams" a master craftsman that can push psychological boundaries and proves that to understand the Americans, you don't have to be one. And very often foreign directors that tackle American psyche do so in an intelligent and often very accurate and sensible way. Even though this film could have had characters from any country. Of course this is the case with the director of this brilliant film. I had to see it twice under very different circumstances and both times i left with a profound satisfaction of watching a great film. The work of Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro , Naomi Watts and Charlotte Gainsbourg is superb. Overall for me, the best film of 2003