In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom (2001)

Timing: 2:10 (130 min)

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Release date

2001-11-23

Country

United States

Production

Miramax, Good Machine, Standard Film Company, GreenStreet Films

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$1 700 000

Revenue

$43 368 779

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Director

Todd Field

Actors

Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, William Wise, Celia Weston, Karen Allen, Frank T. Wells, W. Clapham Murray
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Scenario

Andre Dubus

Producer

Ross Katz, Todd Field, Graham Leader, Ted Hope, John Penotti

Operator

Antonio Calvache

Composer

Thomas Newman

Artist

Audition

Belinda Monte, Randi Hiller

Editing

Frank Reynolds
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• The film’s plot is based on the story “Murders” (1979) by writer André Dubus (1936-1999).
• The scene of the slap that Sissy Spacek’s character gives to Marisa Tomei’s character was filmed 15 times. The final take was used in the finished film.
• The film is set in the city of Camden, Maine. The film accurately reflects the dialect and customs of the area.
• The film references poems from William Blake's (1757-1827) "Songs of Innocence" and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's (1807-1882) "Youthful Dreamers".
• During the funeral, the priest quotes the final lines from the 25th chapter, "Death," of Khalil Gibran's (1883-1931) 1923 book, "The Prophet." Gibran was a Lebanese-American philosopher, poet, artist, and writer.
• The film's plot is based on the 1979 short story 'Murders' by André Dubus (1936-1999).
• The film references poems from William Blake's (1757-1827) 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's (1807-1882) 'Lost Youth'.
• The priest at the funeral quotes the final lines from the 'Death' chapter (Chapter 25) of Khalil Gibran's (1883-1931) 1923 book 'The Prophet,' a work by the Lebanese-American philosopher, poet, artist, and writer.