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Starring: Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen
Patrick Marber's acclaimed stage drama about the romantic interactions of four people has been given a reverent screen adaptation by director and producer Mike Nichols. Dan (Jude Law) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he chances upon Alice (Natalie Portman), a beautiful young American expatriate, working as a stripper, when he sees her get hit by a car. Alice immediately falls for Dan, and gives him her love without reservation. Dan is initially enchanted with Alice, and returns her affection, but while she inspires him to write his novel (based on her life), her neediness begins to wear on him. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a photographer who is hired to take a portrait of Dan for the dust jacket of his book; Dan is attracted to her easy confidence, and while the two of them flirt, Anna soon (inadvertently through Dan's playful machinations) meets Larry (Clive Owen), a dermatologist, and marries him. Dan can't get Anna out of his mind even though she's married, and the two become lovers, but Dan is frustrated by the fact that Anna is reluctant to leave Larry for him. Patrick Marber wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of Closer; it was the playwright's first feature-film credit. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/3/04
MPAA Rating
Rated R for sequences of graphic sexual dialogue, nudity/sexuality and language
Running Time
98 mins.
Locations
- London, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$33,987,757
Awards
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2004 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2004 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor [Runner-up] award at the 2004 Boston Society of Film Critics [Festiv Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)
