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A Single Man ()


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An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.

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George
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Charley
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Kenny
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Jim
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Carlos
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Alva
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Jennifer Strunk
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Mrs. Strunk
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Mr. Strunk
Paul Butler ...
Christopher Strunk
Aaron Sanders ...
Tom Strunk
Aline Weber ...
Lois
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Blonde Secretary
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Other Secretary #1
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Other Secretary #2
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Grant
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Myron
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Maria
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Young Boy
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Young Woman
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Bank Teller
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Doris
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Cashier
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Bachardy ...
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Tennis Player (uncredited)
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Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Janelle Gill ...
Rifle Girl (uncredited)
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Walter (uncredited)
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Hank Ackerley (uncredited) (voice)
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Marion Crane (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Faculty Member (uncredited)
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Teacher (uncredited)
Mimi Page ...
Party Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth Reynolds ...
History Teacher (uncredited)
Frank Ruhl ...
Tennis Player (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
Bria Sherinian ...
College Student (uncredited)
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Teacher (uncredited)
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Bookstore Cashier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Tom Ford

Written by

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Christopher Isherwood ... (novel)
 
Tom Ford ... (written for the screen by) &
David Scearce ... (written for the screen by)

Produced by

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Jason Alisharan ... co-producer
Tom Ford ... producer
Andrew Miano ... producer
Robert Salerno ... producer
Chris Weitz ... producer

Music by

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Abel Korzeniowski

Cinematography by

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Eduard Grau ... director of photography

Editing by

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Joan Sobel

Editorial Department

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J. Cody Baker ... digital intermediate assist: Company 3
Jim Eberle ... on-line editor: Company 3 (as James Eberle)
Dan Goslee ... digital intermediate assist: Company 3
Annie Johnson ... digital intermediate producer: Company 3
Nancy Jundi ... digital editing systems support
Jerimiah Morey ... digital intermediate assist: Company 3
Stephen Nakamura ... digital film colorist: Company 3
Zoe Bower Robert ... post production coordinator
Stefan Sonnenfeld ... digital intermediate executive producer: Company 3
Ofe Yi ... first assistant editor
Taylor Black ... digital intermediate scanner: Company 3 (uncredited)
Daniel Boccoli ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Tricia Chiarenza ... color timer (uncredited)

Casting By

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Joseph Middleton

Production Design by

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Dan Bishop

Art Direction by

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Ian Phillips

Set Decoration by

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Amy Wells

Costume Design by

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Arianne Phillips

Makeup Department

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Linda Arnold ... hair stylist
Kate Biscoe ... department head makeup artist
Cydney Cornell ... department head hair stylist
Alan D'Angerio ... hair stylist: Julianne Moore
Marie Larkin ... key hair stylist
Elaine L. Offers ... makeup artist: Julianne Moore (as Elaine Offers)
Kristin Wahl ... key hair stylist (as Kristin Berge)
Michael Ward ... hair stylist
Gigi Williams ... key makeup artist
Michael White ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Craig Ayers ... production supervisor
Tim Pedegana ... post production supervisor
Robert Salerno ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Brian Avery Galligan ... additional second assistant director
Richard Graves ... first assistant director (as Richard N. Graves)
Matt Rawls ... second second assistant director
Eric Sherman ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Ricardo Baez ... greensman
Cliff Berns ... painter
Adolfo Castanon ... greensman
Vincent Dery ... greensman
Edward Guerrero ... greensman
William Kelly ... set dresser
Florencia Martin ... art department assistant
Lisa Mayor ... props production assistant
Keith McCarthy-Smith ... set dresser
Mike McCleneghan ... set painter
Wendy Murray ... additional buyer
Jaudi Negri ... greensman
Geoffrey Nightingale ... set dresser
Fred M. Ortiz ... assistant props (as Fred Ortiz) / props
Mark Pallatt ... set dresser
Alexander Panov ... set painter
Jose J. Peraza ... laborer foreman
Gay Perello ... property master
Lars Petersen ... construction coordinator
Danny Rea ... greensman
Jill Rolie-December ... set decoration buyer
Lee Ross ... lead scenic (as Lee Steven Ross)
Keith Sale ... leadman (as Keith F. Sale)
Grant Sawyer ... assistant props
Brian Seccombe ... assistant property master
Pilo Silva ... stand by greensman
Jordan Steinberg ... on set dresser
Sean Leroy West ... greensman
Robert Williams ... painter
Elizabeth Colomba ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Robert Grbavac ... painter (uncredited)
Geoffrey Mandel ... graphic designer (uncredited)
Robert 'Cass' McEntee ... carpenter (uncredited)
Steven C. Voll ... general foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Wade Barnett ... adr recordist
Jeff Blehr ... boom operator
Joe Eddie Casares ... sound utility
Lori Dovi ... production sound mixer
Brian Dunlop ... foley editor
David Esparza ... sound effects editor
Jack Heeren ... foley mixer
Robert Jackson ... supervising sound editor (as Robert C. Jackson)
Goro Koyama ... foley artist
Travis MacKay ... adr mixer
Andy Malcolm ... foley artist
Laura Rush ... utility sound
Gabriel J. Serrano ... sound mix recordist (as Gabe Serrano)
Leslie Shatz ... re-recording mixer / sound designer
Callie Thurman ... assistant sound editor
Don White ... foley mixer
Rich Crescenti ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Jenna Dalla Riva ... foley recording assistant (uncredited)
Mark DeSimone ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Rick Gould ... adr recordist (uncredited)
Brooke Graeff ... foley assistant (uncredited)
Jessica Polim ... post-production studio coordinator (uncredited)
Philip Young ... adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Lori Baillie ... special effects office coordinator
Jared Baker ... special effects technician
Darrell Burgess ... special effects technician
John E. Gray ... special effects coordinator
Morgan Guynes ... special effects foreman
Roland Hathaway ... snow effects
Arthur G. Schlosser ... snow effects

Visual Effects by

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Ken Busick ... digital artist: Engine Room (as Kenneth Busick)
Michael Caplan ... visual effects executive producer: Engine Room
Padraic Culham ... digital artist: Engine Room (as Padriac Culham)
John Egli ... digital artist: Engine Room
Jay Frankenberger ... digital artist: Engine Room
Eric Heavens ... senior digital compositor: Engine Room
Craig Hilditch ... digital artist: Engine Room
Steven Lloyd ... digital artist: Engine Room (as Steve Lloyd)
Don Osborne ... visual effects editor: Engine Room
Shalena Oxley-Butler ... coordinator: Engine Room
Sherry Price ... digital dirt removal: Company 3
Dan Schmit ... visual effects supervisor: Engine Room
Jeff Varga ... digital artist: Engine Room
Cyrena Vladish-Addison ... controller: Engine Room
Seb Caudron ... visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Thomas Kuo ... digital film scanner (uncredited)
Prasanna Siddharthan ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Jeff Danoff ... stunts
Rick Marcus ... stunts
Rife Sibley ... stunts
Patrick J. Statham ... stunt coordinator (as Pat Statham)
Jeff Danoff ... co-stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Rick Marcus ... stunt double: Colin Firth (uncredited)
Derick Pritchard ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jason Andrew ... best boy grip
Michael Berger ... lighting technician: night (as Michael J. Berger)
Christopher Blauvelt ... camera operator
Tom Boyd ... underwater camera operator
Lloyd Campbell ... lighting technician: night
Marty Carrillo ... best boy electric
George M. Chappell ... lighting technician (as George Chappel)
Andrew Chojnacki ... grip (as Andy Chojnacki)
Manny Duran ... key grip
Jason Fitch ... lighting technician (as Jason H. Fitch)
Greg Flores ... grip
John Garrett ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Chuck Harrington ... librahead technician
Matt Horochowski ... dolly grip
Eric Jensch ... camera loader
Rene Jimenez ... lighting technician
Peter Lee ... first assistant camera: underwater
To Lee ... second assistant camera: underwater
Amber Maahs ... grip
Stephen MacDougall ... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Stephen Macdougall)
Cedric Martin ... steadicam operator
Jason McCormick ... first assistant camera
Paul Metcalf ... second assistant camera
Greg Mitchell ... video assist operator
Tim Molina ... lighting technician
Melissa Moseley ... still photographer
David Newbert ... grip
Daniel Ochoa ... lighting technician (as Daniel J. Ochoa)
Jim Plannette ... gaffer
Claudio Rodriguez ... rigging electric
Joseph Ruiz ... grip (as Joseph H. Ruiz)
Alec Shepherd ... grip
Scott C. Williman ... lighting technician (as Scott Williman)
Douglas Yonker ... lighting technician (as Douglas L. Yonker)
Adam Meltzer ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Ashley Pavicic ... grip (uncredited)
Juan Gabriel Perez Arjona ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Lyle Robbins ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Tineka Becker ... casting associate
Mariann H.W. Lee ... extras casting (as Mariann Lee)
Wendy Washbrook ... extras casting (as Wendy Treese)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Robert Iannaccone ... key costumer (as Bob Iannaccone)
David Page ... key set costumer
Maida Pirich ... seamstress (as Maida C. Pirich)
Wendy Polutanovich ... cutter/fitter
Reiko Porter ... set costumer (as Reiko Ann Endo Porter)
Jonny Pray ... costume supervisor
Carin Richardson ... assistant costume designer
Christian Snell ... costume production assistant
Lizz Wolf ... costumer
Emily Dominguez ... costumer (uncredited)
Liz Larson ... set costumer (uncredited)
Anne Sweeney ... costume assistant (uncredited)

Location Management

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Tristan Daoussis ... key assistant location manager
Michael Glaser ... assistant location manager
John Jabaley ... location manager
Kent Matsuoka ... key assistant location manager
Ivan Siebel ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Christine Bergren ... music legal and clearance
Rob Brophy ... musician: viola
Vincent Cirilli ... pro tools operator
Sandy De Crescent ... orchestra contractor
Greg Dennen ... music recording stage crew: Warner Bros
Jennifer Hammond ... music copyist
Joel Iwataki ... music score mixer
Randy Kerber ... featured pianist
Abel Korzeniowski ... score producer
Mina Korzeniowski ... composer assistant
Bryan Lawson ... music editor / score producer (as Bryan Elliot Lawson)
Julia Michels ... music supervisor
Mike Nowak ... conductor (as Michael Nowak)
Jamie Olvera ... music recording stage crew: Warner Bros
Julie Pearce ... music editor
Ryan Robinson ... music recording stage crew: Warner Bros
Peter Rotter ... orchestra contractor
Lauren Shotwell ... music legal and clearance
Andrew Shulman ... featured musician: cello
Stephen Trask ... music consultant
Shigeru Umebayashi ... composer: additional music
David Walther ... featured violinist (as Dave Walther)
Matt Ward ... assistant engineer
Rich Wheeler ... music recording stage crew: Warner Bros (as Rich Wheele)
Booker White ... music copyist
Roger Wilkie ... featured violinist
Abel Korzeniowski ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Darrin McCann ... musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Karen Golden ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Noam Amram ... driver
Michael Baird ... driver (as Mike Baird)
Joe Baker ... driver
Kirk D. Barton ... driver
Byron Carter ... driver
Daniel Conte Sr. ... driver (as Dan Conte)
Bob Cope ... driver (as Robert Cope)
William Cope ... driver
Jonathan Curtin ... driver
Mark Dobkousky ... driver
John Dybdahl ... transportation co-captain
Ronald P. Dyer ... driver (as Ron Dyer)
Clark Farrell ... driver
D'Aldo Fazzone ... driver (as Dal Fazzone)
Rene Guy ... driver
Jeremiah Hauser ... driver
Josh Hauser ... driver (as Josh M. Hauser)
Michael Highfield ... driver
Jeff Honicky ... driver (as Jeffrey Honicky)
Lee Jennings ... driver
Kenny Lacross ... driver
Melissa LaFon ... driver (as Melissa M. LaFon)
William P. Lafon ... driver
Cody Lies ... driver
Jason Messersmith ... driver
Miguel Navarrete ... driver
Sergio L. Olvera ... driver
Michael F. Pierre ... driver (as Michael Pierre)
Edward Porras Jr. ... driver
Thomas Powers ... driver (as Thomas J. Powers)
Derick Pritchard ... driver (as Derik Pritchard)
William Smallwood ... picture car coordinator / transportation co-captain
Paul Vlachos ... driver
Harry Zabounian ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Jeremie Adkins ... stand-in
Miguel Arroyo ... set production assistant
Jennifer Asaro ... first assistant accountant (as Jennifer L. Clark)
Don Bachardy ... creative consultant
Elida Cerda ... set medic
Brad Wm. Clark ... post accountant accountant
Mark Cross ... production coordinator
Dinesh Fernando ... assistant cook
Cori Galpern ... public relations
Michael George ... marine crew (as Mike George)
Christopher Hall ... set production assistant
Jim Hartz ... studio teacher
H. Alex Hernandez ... assistant craft service
Hernan A. Hernandez ... craft service
Jake Hicks ... marine crew (as Jake T. Hicks)
Elizabeth Himelstein ... dialect coach
Sherman Kaplan ... immigration
Virginya Keehne ... accounting clerk (as Virginia Keehne)
Ruzanna Kegeyan ... Worldwide Sales
Ivan Kerum ... assistant cook
Tony Kerum ... caterer: Tony's Catering
Dora M. Komura ... immigration: Gonzales & Harris
Richard Kopenheffer ... labor attorney: McDermott, Will & Emery
Shaun Laird ... marine crew
Jessamyn Land ... set production assistant
Jackie Lee ... vice president feature sales: Company 3
Heather Longerbeam ... production secretary
Bryan Macrina ... stand-in
Ryan McGonnigal ... office production assistant
Shane McGonnigal ... office production assistant
Jorge Menjivar ... assistant craft service
Robin E. Michels ... medic: construction (as Robin Michels)
Michael Miller ... second assistant accountant
Kevin Mills ... marine crew
James Mitchell-Clyde ... marine crew
Meghan Mowery ... assistant post-production accountant
Michael Neipris ... marine coordinator
Alexandra Rose Nourafchan ... assistant: Tom Ford
Julie M. Philips ... production attorney / production counsel
David Roker ... assistant: Chris Weitz
Nick Rufca ... assistant production coordinator
Antonio Caetano Santos ... assistant: Robert Salerno
David Scearce ... creative consultant
Lisa Schiek ... public relations
Tim Shuler ... office production assistant
Guin Solomon ... animal trainer: Paws for Effect (as Guin Dill)
Steve Solomon ... animal trainer: Paws for Effect (as Steve M. Solomon)
Caroline Stephenson ... production secretary
Jack Stern ... studio teacher
Mary Sunshine ... production accountant
Sean Taylor ... body double: Kenny
Chris Vargas ... set production assistant
Brenda Vogel ... assistant: Andrew Miano
Liam Waters ... set production assistant
Bob Weber ... post-production accountant
Larry Wells ... medic: construction (as Larry A. Wells)
Josh Wever ... key set production assistant (as Joshua Wever)
Subhashan Withanage ... assistant cook
Patrick Albani ... production assistant (uncredited)
Nicholas Beard ... production assistant (uncredited)
Brad Wm. Clark ... assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)
Angie Conners ... international marketing (uncredited)
Guido Gotz ... publicist (uncredited)
Adam Green ... production assistant (uncredited)
Charles Heaphy ... production financing (uncredited)
Peter D. Johnston ... production assistant (uncredited)
Tim Shuler ... water safety (uncredited)
Lauren Wilson ... business affairs/legal (uncredited)

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Joan Aguado ... the producers wish to thank
Michael Anderson ... the producers wish to thank
David Bamber ... the producers wish to thank
Doug Braunstein ... the producers wish to thank
Richard Buckley ... for
Michael Clyne ... the producers wish to thank
Kristin Dewey ... the producers wish to thank
Eric Eisner ... the producers wish to thank
Jay Fiondella ... the producers wish to thank
David Geffen ... the producers wish to thank
Jaqui Getty ... the producers wish to thank
Judy Herwig ... the producers wish to thank
Tony Hoffman ... the producers wish to thank
Peter Ireland ... the producers wish to thank
Chez Jay ... the producers wish to thank
Harry Lumer ... the producers wish to thank
Peter Marshall ... the producers wish to thank
Buster McCoy ... the producers wish to thank
Steven R. Molen ... the producers wish to thank
Lynda Obst ... the producers wish to thank
Wally Park ... the producers wish to thank
Ariel Penn ... the producers wish to thank
Simon Perry ... the producers wish to thank
Kathy Ruff ... the producers wish to thank
Chuck Shapiro ... the producers wish to thank
Stacey Snider ... the producers wish to thank
Shelly Strong ... the producers wish to thank
Matt Tambor ... the producers wish to thank
Donna Washington ... the producers wish to thank
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

It's November 30, 1962. Native Brit George Falconer, an English professor at a Los Angeles area college, is finding it difficult to cope with life. Jim, his personal partner of sixteen years, died in a car accident eight months earlier when he was visiting with family. Jim's family were not going to tell George of the death or accident, let alone allow him to attend the funeral. This day, George has decided to get his affairs in order before he will commit suicide that evening. As he routinely and fastidiously prepares for the suicide and post suicide, George reminisces about his life with Jim. But George spends this day with various people, who see a man sadder than usual and who affect his own thoughts about what he is going to do. Those people include Carlos, a Spanish immigrant/aspiring actor/gigolo recently arrived in Los Angeles; Charley, his best friend who he knew from England, she who is a drama queen of a woman who romantically desires her best friend despite his sexual orientation; and Kenny Potter, one of his students, who seems to be curious about his professor beyond English class. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Single Man (Japan, English title)
  • Un homme au singulier (France)
  • Un hombre soltero (Spain)
  • 单身男子 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Самац (Serbia)
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Runtime
  • 99 min
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Budget $7,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $217,332, 13 Dec 2009

Did You Know?

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Trivia On February 21, 2010, when he won a BAFTA for Best Actor, Colin Firth's list of people to thank included the man who repaired his refrigerator. Firth explained that he'd decided to turn down the part, and had an email to director Tom Firth in his outbox, waiting to be sent. Then a man arrived to repair his refrigerator, and Firth had time to reconsider. See more »
Goofs George spends several minutes deciding how best to kill himself, yet the clock on the bedside table doesn't change. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in 2012/The Messenger/Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). See more »
Soundtracks Le Serpent qui Danse See more »
Crazy Credits The production company, Fade to Black, is displayed in the opening, shown in white lettering outlined against a white background. It fades to white. See more »
Quotes George: [last lines; voiceover] A few times in my life I've had moments of absolute clarity, when for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp. And the world seems so fresh as though it had all just come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.
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