Eastern Promises
2007
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Awards
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Adapted Screenplay 2006 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2006 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 2006 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 2006 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 2006 · Nominated
AFI Awards, USA. 2006 Winner AFI Award. Movie of the Year. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE is a powerful insight into America's obsession with violence and how it relates to the roles we play, the disguises we choose and the truth in those choices.
A History of Violence is a 2005 action thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 DC graphic novel of the same title by John Wagner and Vince Locke. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, and William Hurt.
Sep 30, 2005 · A History of Violence: Directed by David Cronenberg. With Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt. A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
- (254K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- David Cronenberg
- 2005-09-30
Nov 16, 2005 · Awards. Nov 15, 2005 9:00pm PT. A History of Violence. By Steven Kotler. Released: Sept. 23. Distrib: New Line. Oscar alumnus: Howard Shore (score, original song, “The Lord of the Rings: the...
Drama Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, "A History of Violence" stars Viggo Mortensen as Tom Stall, a pillar of a small town community who runs a diner and lives a happy and quiet life with his wife (Maria Bello) and two children.
May 16, 2005 · By Todd McCarthy. Apart from some effective detail work with classical American cinema archetypes that makes parts of it play like a modern-day Western, “A History of Violence” is a surprisingly...
Sep 22, 2005 · David Cronenberg says his title "A History of Violence" has three levels: It refers (1) to a suspect with a long history of violence; (2) to the historical use of violence as a means of settling disputes, and (3) to the innate violence of Darwinian evolution, in which better-adapted organisms replace those less able to cope.
