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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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Director:
Lasse HallströmWriters:
Annie Proulx (based on the novel by), Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Miramax juggled the schedules of this and their other films Iris (2001) and The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) so that Dame Judi Dench could appear in all three movies.
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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, ...
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Dennis Buggit's wedding ring disappears as he sits at the counter in the restaurant.
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Release Date:
18 January 2002Language
English
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USABox Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$318,502 (USA) (23 December 2001)
Gross:
$11,434,216 (USA)
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