The Visitor is an independent American film selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival ;Los Angeles Times: The Writers Guild of America names its 2008 nominees (January 8, 2009) Written and directed by Thomas McCarthy, the film premiered in theaters on April 11, 2008.
Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Actor Oscar for his work as a professor searching for fufillment.
Synopsis
A college professor, Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), finds an immigrant couple occupying his New York City apartment. He befriends them and pays for Tarek's immigration lawyer, when Tarek is arrested and threatened with deportation.
Cast Information
- Richard Jenkins as Walter Vale
- Hiam Abbass as Mouna, Tarek's mother
- Richard Kind as Jacob
- Haaz Sleiman as Tarek
- Danai Jekesai Gurira as Zainab
Reviews
As of the end of 2008, the movie has received an overall critics' rating of 79 from Metacritic and a 92% from Rotten Tomatoes.metacritic: The Visitor Reviews Rotten Tomatoes: The Visitor Reviews
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Fast Facts
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Release date
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Director
Thomas McCarthy
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Producers
Michael London, Jeff Skoll and Mary Jane Skalski
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Screenwriter
Thomas McCarthy
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Distributor
Overture Films
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Run time
103 minutes
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MPAA rating
PG-13 for profanity
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Selected for the non-competition portion of the Sundance Film Festival
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Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007
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Richard Jenkins performance as Walter Vale received a SAG Awards nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Leading Role
