The Shipping News (2001)
- Starring:
- Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, (more)
- Director(s):
- Andrew Mondshein, Lasse Hallström
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx becomes this drama from director Lasse Hallström. Kevin Spacey stars as Quoyle, a struggling, emotionally drained newspaper reporter suffering through a wretched marriage with the abusive Petal (Cate Blanchett), a promiscuous wild woman who tries to sell their daughter, Bunny, into adoption before she's killed in a car wreck. Retrieving his daughter, Quoyle sets out for Newfoundland, his ancestral home, with his long-lost Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench). Although he initially finds life on the island to be as forbidding and severe as Agnis herself, Quoyle gets work as a shipping columnist for the local newspaper "The Gammy Bird," owned by eccentric fisherman Jack Buggit (Scott Glenn). Quoyle's work soon finds an appreciative audience and he begins to rebuild his life, dating local single mother Wavey (Julianne Moore), learning some sea craft, discovering his family's dark history, and finally earning some self-respect. Agnis, in the meantime, starts her own successful business and faces a traumatic incident from her childhood involving Quoyle's late father. The Shipping News (2001) co-stars Rhys Ifans and Pete Postlethwaite. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 111 mins
Complete Cast:
- Kevin Spacey - Quoyle
- Cate Blanchett - Petal Bear
- Pete Postlethwaite - Tert Card
- Gordon Pinsent - Billy Pretty
- Larry Pine - Bayonet Melville
- Robert Joy - EMS Officer
- Kaitlyn Gainer - Bunny
- John Dunsworth - Guy Quoyle
- Marc Lawrence - Cousin Nolan
- Scott Glenn - Jack Buggit
- Nicole Underhay - Betty Buggit
- Kyle Smith - Young Quoyle (12)
- John MacEachern - Drunken Guy
- Kathryn Fraser - Daycare Mom
- Luke Fisher - Barfly
- Jonathan Creaaser - Paramedic
- R.D. Reid - Alvin Yark
- Anthony Cipriano - Young Quoyle (7)
- Ken James - Newspaper Boss
- Julianne Moore - Wavey
- Judi Dench - Agnis Hamm
- Rhys Ifans - Beaufield Nutbeem
- Jason Behr - Dennis Buggit
- Jeanetta Arnette - Silver Melville
- Alyssa Gainer - Bunny
- Lauren Gainer - Bunny
- Will McAllister - Herry Prowse
- Nancy Beatty - Mavis Bangs
- Jon Whalen - Big Guy
- Emma Taylor-Isherwood - Young Agnis
- Stephen Morgan - Bartender Dave
- Gary Levert - Newspaper Employee
- Andrew Fowler - Guy Quoyle (15)
- Terry Daly - Hunky Guy
- Deborah Grover - Edna Buggit
- Roman Podhora - Muscular Man
- Katherine Moennig - Grace Moosup
- Daniel Kash - Detective Danzig
- Director(s):
- Andrew Mondshein, Lasse Hallström
- Writer(s):
- Robert Nelson Jacobs
- Producer(s):
- Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, Leslie Holleran, Irwin Winkler
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
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- 2001 - The Shipping News - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actress





