| A History Of Violence (2005)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Maria Bello |
Edie Stall
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| Greg Bryk |
William Orser
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| Ed Harris |
Carl Fogarty
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| Ashton Holmes |
Jack Stall
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| William Hurt |
Richie Cusack
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| Sumela Kay |
Judy Danvers
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| Peter MacNeill |
Sheriff Sam Carney
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| Stephen McHattie |
Leland Jones
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| Viggo Mortensen |
Tom Stall
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| Kyle Schmid |
Bobby Jordan
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Crime; Drama; Thriller |
| Director |
David Cronenberg |
| Producer |
Chris Bender; David Cronenberg |
| Writer |
John Wagner; Vince Locke |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
1 hr 36 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| On the surface, David Cronenberg may seem an unlikely candidate to direct A History of Violence, but dig deeper and you'll see that he's the right man for the job. As an intellectual seeker of meaning and an avowed believer in Darwinian survival of the fittest, Cronenberg knows that the story of mild-mannered small-town diner proprietor Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is in fact a multilayered examination of inbred human behavior, beginning when Tom's skillful killing of two would-be robbers draws unwanted attention to his idyllic family life in rural Indiana. He's got a loving wife (Maria Bello) and young daughter (Heidi Hayes) who are about to learn things about Tom they hadn't suspected, and a teenage son (Ashton Holmes) who has inherited his father's most prominent survival trait, manifesting itself in ways he never expected. By the time Tom has come into contact with a scarred villain (Ed Harris) and connections that lead him to a half-crazy kingpin (William Hurt, in a spectacular cameo), Cronenberg has plumbed the dark depths of human nature so skillfully that A History of Violence stands well above the graphic novel that inspired it (indeed, Cronenberg was unaware of the source material behind Josh Olson's chilling adaptation). With hard-hitting violence that's as sudden as it is graphically authentic, this is A History of Violence that's worthy of serious study and widespread acclaim. --Jeff Shannon More to Explore
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Viggo Mortensoe as Tom Stall |
Ashton Holmes as Jack Stall and Kyle Schmid as Bobby Jordan |
William Hurt as Richie Cusack |
Ed Harris as Carl Fogarty and Viggo Mortensen as Tom Stall |
Maria Bello as Edie Stall |
Director David Cronenberg |
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| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
356 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
794043100956 |
| Release Date |
3/14/2006 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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