History of Violence, A 2005 - History of Violence, A Reviews, Box Office, Credits, Release Dates

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HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, A (2005) - R

Country:	United States
Genre:	Action, Comicbook

Credits

Production Company:	Benderspink New Line Cinema
Director:	David Cronenberg
Producer:	Chris Bender JC Spink
Exec Producer:	Josh Braun Robert Kass
Prod. Executive:	Kent Alterman Cale Boyter
Writer: Screenplay:	Josh Olson
Cast:	Maria Bello Viggo Mortensen
	Ed Harris Ashton Holmes William Hurt
Casting Director:	Deirdre Bowen
Production Manager:	Heather Meehan
Editor:	Ronald Sanders
Production Design:	Carol Spier
Dir of Photography:	Peter Suschitzky

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Synopsis: An ordinary family's life is changed when the father receives unwanted national attention for a seemingly vigilante self-defense killing at his diner, and his previously unknown past is dragged to the open.

Comment: To be adapted from John Wagner's and Vince Locke's Paradox Press/DC Comics graphic novel.

SBD Review: 4 1/2 stars

Other Reviews:

Boston Globe [3.5/4]

Boston Herald (James Verniere) [3.5/4]

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) [3.5/4]

Chicago Tribune

Detroit Free Press [4/4]

Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)

New York Post (Lou Lumenick) [3/4]

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) [4/4]

Village Voice (J. Hoberman)


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