| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Billy Bob Thornton |
Hank Grotowski
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| Heath Ledger |
Sonny Grotowski
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| Halle Berry |
Letitia Musgrove
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| Peter Boyle |
Buck Grotowski
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| Sean Combs |
Lawrence Musgrove
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| Mos Def |
Ryrus Cooper
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| Will Rokos |
Warden Velasco
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| Milo Addica |
Tommy Roulaine
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| Coronji Calhoun |
Tyrell Musgrove
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| Charles Cowan Jr. |
Willie Cooper
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| Taylor Simpson |
Lucille
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| Gabrielle Witcher |
Betty
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| Amber Rules |
Vera
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| Taylor LaGrange |
Darryl Cooper
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| Anthony Bean |
Dappa Smith
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Director |
Marc Forster |
| Producer |
Lee Daniels; Milo Addica; Michael Burns |
| Writer |
Milo Addica; Will Rokos |
| Studio |
Lions Gate Films |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
NC-17 |
| Running Time |
111 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
7.2 |
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| Plot |
| Director Marc Forster, winner of Best Feature at Slamdance for his debut film Loungers (1996) and the "Someone to Watch" Independent Spirit Award for his indie drama Everything Put Together (2000), follows up those acclaimed projects with this intense, racially charged romance. Billy Bob Thornton stars as Georgia prison guard Hank Grotowski, a hard-drinking racist ex-cop whose father, Buck (Peter Boyle), is dying of emphysema and whose son, Sonny (Heath Ledger), works the execution detail at the prison's death row. When Sonny commits suicide, Hank is devastated and quits his job, spiraling into a deep depression until, one night, he comes to the aid of Leticia (Halle Berry), a beautiful African-American woman whose son, Tyrell (Coronji Calhoun), has been hit by a car. When Tyrell dies, Leticia and Hank find themselves to be unexpected soul mates linked together by tragic grief. It's not long before Hank discovers that Leticia is the widow of Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs), the man whose execution by electric chair he and his late son helped to orchestrate. Monster's Ball (2001) is based on a screenplay by actors Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who spent five years developing their script into a feature. Their title refers to the name of an English tradition requiring jailers to throw a party for a condemned man on the night before his death. — Karl Williams |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
658149798229 |
| Chapters |
24 |
| Release Date |
2004 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Over One Hour ofBehind-The-Scenes Footage
Audio Commentary by Director Marc Forster and Director of Photography Roberto Schaefer
Audio Commentary by Marc Forster, Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton
Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
IFC's Anatomy Of A Scene
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