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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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03.15.09
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Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Movie Tagline:
You Are The Experiment
Title: Box, The
Release Date: November 06, 2009
Runtime: 115 mins
Genre: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
IMDB Rating: 6.0
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With B
MPAA Rating: PG-13
MPAA Rating Reason:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.
Director(s):
Richard Kelly
Cast:
Cameron Diaz ...Norma Lewis
James Marsden ...Arthur Lewis
Frank Langella ...Arlington Steward
James Rebhorn ...Norm Cahill
Holmes Osborne ...Dick Burns
Sam Oz Stone ...Walter Lewis
Gillian Jacobs ...Dana
Celia Weston ...Lana Burns
Deborah Rush ...Clymene Steward
Lisa K. Wyatt ...Rhonda Martin
Mark S. Cartier ...Martin Teague (as Mark Cartier)
Kevin Robertson ...Wendel Matheson
Michele Durrett ...Rebecca Matheson (as Michele Durett)
Ian Kahn ...Vick Brenner
John Magaro ...Charles
Ryan Woodle ...Jeffrey Carnes
Basil Hoffman ...Don Poates
Robert Harvey ...NASA Executive #1
Gentry Lee ...Chief Engineer
Andrew Levitas ...Black Op
Gabriel Field ...Waiter
Frank Ridley ...Detective Starrs
Daniel Stewart Sherman ...Police Officer #1
Matthew C. Flynn ...Police Officer #2
Patrick Canty ...Police Officer #3
Sam Blumenfeld ...Timothy
Kevin DeCoste ...Malcolm
Mary Klug ...Female Neighbor
Allyssa Maurice ...Suzanne Weller
Danny DeMiller ...Estelle
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Sue Baden Powell
Terry Dougas
Ted Field
Ted Hamm
Richard Kelly
Paris Kasidokostas Latsis
Dan Lin
Kelly McKittrick
Sean McKittrick
Writer(s):
Richard Kelly
Richard Matheson
Composer(s):
Win Butler
Regine Chassagne
Owen Pallett
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"Deck the Halls"
"MUSTANG SALLY"
"Bell Bottom Blues"
"Can't You See"
"Scarlet Begonias"
"When Joanna Loved Me"
More Movie Taglines:
- You Are The Experiment
- All you have to do is push the button.
Movie Quote(s):
- Dana: Somebody pushing your buttons?
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Norma Lewis: You sure do ask a lot of questions. Walter Lewis: And now you're avoiding them.
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Martin Teague: Sir? If you don't mind my asking... why a box? Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Where upon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose. Martin Teague: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way. Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being.
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Arlington Steward: I'm sorry, but I have a very busy day.
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Arlington Steward: I have an offer to make. If you push the button, two things will happen. First, someone, somewhere in the world, whom you don't know, will die. Second, you will receive a payment of one million dollars. You have 24 hours.
Movie Trivia:
- Veteran character actor, Basil Hoffman, was also in the original version of this story when "Button, Button" aired on "The Twilight Zone: Profile in Silver/Button, Button (#1.20)" (1986).
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This marks the first feature-length film scored by members of the Canadian band Arcade Fire (Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Owen Pallett)
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This marks the first PG-13 film to be directed by Richard Kelly.
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Charlie Clouser's score from Saw (2004) was used for the trailer.
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On the commentary of Tony Scott's Domino (2005), Richard Kelly outright dismissed shooting a 1970s period piece with a digital camera. But after seeing David Fincher's Zodiac (2007/I), Kelly's position quickly changed and he was quoted saying, "It can be done."
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Box, Button, Young Child, Mysterious Stranger, 24 Hours ...[more]
Keywords All:
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Rating: 7.0 out of 10.0 - 61 votes cast total
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