The Shipping News (2001)
An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
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Quoyle -
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Agnis Hamm -
Petal -
Tert Card -
Jack Buggit -
Beaufield Nutbeem -
Billy Pretty -
Dennis Buggit -
Bayonet Melville -
Silver Melville -
EMS Officer -
Bunny Quoyle -
Bunny Quoyle
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Bunny Quoyle
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Director:
Lasse HallströmWriters:
Annie Proulx (based on the novel by), Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
The author of the novel, E. Annie Proulx, would only grant the movie rights to the book upon the condition that it be filmed on-location in Newfoundland.
Quotes
Quoyle:
I used to imagine that I'd been given to the wrong family at birth, and that somewhere in the world my real people longed for me. From where my father stood, my failure to dog-paddle was only the first of many failures. Failure to speak clearly, ...
Goofs
When Quoyle and Wavey are eating their boxed seal flipper pies, the grease stains on the boxes change from shot to shot.
Soundtracks
The Jolly ButcherTraditional
Arranged by Sean McCann, Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett (as Robert Hallett) & Darrell Power
Performed by Great Big Sea
Courtesy of Warner Music Canada
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
DramaDetails
Release Date:
18 January 2002Language
English
Country of Origin
Canada, USAFilming Locations
CanadaBox Office
Budget:
$38,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$1,205,174 30 December 2001
Gross USA:
$11,434,216
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$24,690,441
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