The Shipping News

2001
R
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

34K

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Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey, and Cate Blanchett in The Shipping News (2001)

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Tragedy Drama

An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.An emotionally beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Director
- Lasse Hallström
Writers
- Annie Proulx
- Robert Nelson Jacobs
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

34K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Lasse Hallström
Writers
- Annie Proulx
- Robert Nelson Jacobs
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 wins & 13 nominations total

Videos2

Photos117

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Trivia
The author of the novel, E. Annie Proulx, would only grant the movie rights to the book upon the condition that it be filmed on-location in Newfoundland.

Goofs
The Quolye house had running water for tea and washing dishes. The source of the water is unknown and hard to imagine with the rock that the house sat upon. When the big storm came and blew away the house the water pipes were nowhere to be seen in the ruins.

Quotes
Billy: It's finding the center of your story, the beating heart of it, that's what makes a reporter. You have to start by making up some headlines. You know: short, punchy, dramatic headlines. Now, have a look, what do you see?
[Points at dark clouds at the horizon]
Billy: Tell me the headline.
Quoyle: Horizon Fills With Dark Clouds?
Billy: Imminent Storm Threatens Village.
Quoyle: But what if no storm comes?
Billy: Village Spared From Deadly Storm.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Shipping News/I Am Sam/Charlotte Gray/Gosford Park (2002)

Soundtracks
Still a Fool
a.k.a. "Two Trains Running"
Written by Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield)
Performed by Joseph Kubek
Featuring Bnois King
Courtesy of Rounder Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

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Featured review

9/10

superbly non-Hollywood

I was very impressed with The Shipping News for several reasons: the location should win an Oscar alone, Hallstrom's magical minimalist direction and the acting by the major leads and perhaps even more wonderful, by the many minor parts, were outstanding.

The beauty of the story, involving as it does many all-to-familiar dramas that are easily recognized by people anywhere, was used as a springboard to explore a little known area of the world and to bring much needed illumination on rarely discussed social problems.

To actually see such a beautiful movie shot on location in the magnificent surrounds of Newfoundland should lead film makers away from the sterility of southern California and the too-used streets of New York. I guess I've had my fill of movies about what Hollywood has been dishing out and I've gotten thoroughly jaded with virtually everything made by them.