A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
- Rita
- (as Angela Landry)
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- Writer
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- TriviaKevin Costner personally financed this film, because he was moved by Mike Binder's screenplay, wanted to tell the story of the family, and to continue the conversation on race in the U.S. among the film's viewers.
- GoofsWhen outside the law firm that Elliot visits for the first time, they're discussing his alcohol problem, and a young man in a light blue shirt and mustard colored pants walks by. The same man walks by the same way as they move towards the car.
- Quotes
Elliot Anderson: So, yes, we're different, you and I. You want to submit that? Submit it. We have different skin colors. Is that the first thing I notice when I see a black man, the color of his skin? Yes. Submit away. Because I can go ahead and submit that that's the first thing you see when you see a white guy. Now, I don't know why that is any more than I know why when I see a good looking woman the first things I notice are her breasts, because I do. But if I move on to my next thought quick enough, I'm not a pervert, alright? I'm not a bad guy. I'm just mildly flawed. It's the same thing with race. It's not my first thoughts that count, it's my second, third, and fourth thought, and each and every case I'm in, it comes down to the same thing: the action and interaction I'm having with the person that I'm interacting with!
- SoundtracksWhite Lies
Written by Paolo Nutini (Paolo Giovanni Nutini) and John Fortis
Performed by Paolo Nutini
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,571,189
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,213,362
- Feb 1, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $21,833,967
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1