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Monster's Ball
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Monster's Ball is a 2001 American romance and drama film directed by Marc Forster. The production features Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, and Peter Boyle in the cast, with Lee Daniels serving as producer. Roberto Schaefer handled the cinematography, while Matt Chesse edited the film. The narrative is set in Louisiana and centers on the subject of capital punishment.
The film was produced by Starz Entertainment with a budget of 4000000. It was distributed by Lionsgate Films, Microsoft Store, Netflix, and Fandango at Home. The movie received an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for several other honors, including the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It also earned a National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
Audience and critical reception varied across platforms. Review scores included 7.3/10, 85%, and 69/100. IMDb lists a rating of 7.0 from 97292 votes, while TMDb shows a vote average of 6.789 from 1083 votes. The runtime is listed as 111 or 113 minutes. The film generated 44900000 in revenue.
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Film · TMDB
6.8A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton as Hank Grotowski
- Heath Ledger as Sonny Grotowski
- Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove
- Sean Combs as Lawrence Musgrove
- Yasiin Bey as Ryrus Cooper
- Will Rokos as Warden Velesco
Themes
- new love
- ethnic stereotype
- waitress
- unsociability
- overweight child
- parent child relationship
- southern usa
- loss of loved one
- interracial relationship
- electric chair
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Marc Forster
- Written by
- Milo Addica, Will Rokos
- Produced by
- Lee Daniels
- Starring
- Billy Bob Thornton , Heath Ledger , Halle Berry , Sean Combs , Mos Def , Peter Boyle
- Cinematography
- Roberto Schaefer
- Edited by
- Matt Chesse
- Music by
- Asche and Spencer
- Production company
- Lee Daniels Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Lions Gate Films
- Release dates
- November 11, 2001 ( 2001-11-11 ) ( AFI Fest ) December 26, 2001 ( 2001-12-26 ) (Los Angeles and New York City) February 8, 2002 ( 2002-02-08 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 111 minutes, 112 minutes (Unrated)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $4 million
- Box office
- $45 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Producer
- Lee Daniels
- Production company
- Starz Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Roberto Schaefer
- Narrative location
- Louisiana
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 578375
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2001-00-00
- title
- Monster's Ball
- film editor
- Matt Chesse
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- capital cost
- 4000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 69/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Monster's Ball is a 2001 American independent Southern Gothic romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appeared in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boyle, with Sean Combs, Mos Def, and Coronji Calhoun in supporting roles.
Thornton portrays a corrections officer who begins a relationship with a woman (Berry), unaware that she is the widow of a man (Combs) he assisted in executing. Principal photography began in May 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana and lasted for five weeks.
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