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Monster's Ball
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
2001 · Directed by Marc Forster · 113 min · Drama · Romance · 14 frames
Tagline
A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment.
Crew
- Written by: Milo Addica, Will Rokos
- Cinematography: Roberto Schaefer
- Edited by: Matt Chessé
- Music: Asche & Spencer
- Production design: Monroe Kelly
- Produced by: Lee Daniels
Cast
- Billy Bob Thornton as Hank Grotowski
- Heath Ledger as Sonny Grotowski
- Halle Berry as Leticia Musgrove
- Sean Combs as Lawrence Musgrove
- Yasiin Bey as Ryrus Cooper
- Will Rokos as Warden Velesco
- Milo Addica as Tommy Roulaine
- Coronji Calhoun as Tyrell Musgrove
- Peter Boyle as Buck Grotowski
- Taylor Simpson as Lucille
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Ido
- Studios: Lionsgate, Lee Daniels Entertainment
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $44,900,000
- Themes: new love, ethnic stereotype, waitress, unsociability, overweight child, parent child relationship, southern usa, loss of loved one, interracial relationship, electric chair
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