The Shipping News Movie
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Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a born loser. However, he makes no efforts to have success in his life. He is an unhappy, emotionally-beaten printer who drags out a miserable existence. When he falls in love with a beautiful girl, Petal (Cate Blanchett), he is unlucky again. Soon after Petal gives birth to a baby girl, she plunges into dissipation. Then she sells the daughter to an illegal adoption agency and dies suddenly in a car crash. At the same time Quoyle's father, a stern, sometimes brutal man, passes away. To turn over a new leaf, Quoyle leaves New York for his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. There, he gets a job as a reporter for the local newspaper. The paper owner, Jack Buggit (Scott Glenn), assigns him to write shipping news. In the course of time, Quoyle's life changes for the better, in particular, when he wins favour of Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore).
Tagline
- Dive Beneath The Surface
You'll never guess what you'll find inside...
Movie Info
- Year:
- 2001
- IMDB Rating:
- 6.7
- IMDB Votes:
- 11409
- Countries:
- USA, Canada
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Tags:
-
Adultery, Journalism, Sex, Boating accident, Car accident, Father daughter relationship, Rain, Redemption, River, Based on novel
- Domestic:
- $11,434,216 (46.3%)
- + Foreign:
- $13,256,225 (53.7%)
- = Worldwide:
- $24,690,441
- Opening
Weekend: - $1,205,174 (186 theaters, $6,479 average) % of Total Gross: 10.5%
- Release:
- 434 theaters
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