The Academy Award nominated drama film 21 Grams details how the lives of three families from different socioeconomic backgrounds become intertwined in the aftermath of a tragic accident.
Plot Summary
21 Grams is a non-linear depiction which shows how different people cope when their lives are irrevocably changed by tragedy. Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro were nominated for Academy Awards for their respective portrayals of a bereaved widow and recovering alcoholic.
Cast
- Sean Penn: Paul Rivers
- Naomi Watts: Cristina Peck
- Danny Huston: Michael
- Carly Nahon: Cathy
- Claire Pakis: Laura
- Benicio Del Toro: Jack Jordan
Quote
"Whether you fear death or not, it comes, and at that moment your body becomes twenty-one grams lighter. Is it a person's soul that constitutes those twenty-one grams? Is that weight carried by those who survive us?"Official Site: 21 Grams: Story
References
Fast Facts
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Release date
November 21, 2003
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Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Screenwriter
Guillermo Arriaga
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Producer
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Robert Salerno
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Distributor
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Music by
Gustavo Santaolalla
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Editing by
Stephen Mirrione
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MPAA rating
R
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Run time
125 minutes
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Worldwide box office
