Closer (2004/I)

Director:

Mike Nichols

Writers (WGA):

Patrick Marber (play)
Patrick Marber (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking.

Plot:

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

Plot Keywords:

Photography | Masturbation | Thames | Double Decker Bus | Emergency Room

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Natalie Portman	...	Alice
Jude Law	...	Dan
Julia Roberts	...	Anna
Clive Owen	...	Larry
Nick Hobbs	...	Taxi Driver
Colin Stinton	...	Customs Officer

Also Known As:

Closer: Llevados por el deseo (Argentina) (Chile) [es]
Hautnah (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Blizej (Poland) [pl]
Closer (Spain) [es]
Closer (Denmark) [da]
Closer - Perto Demais (Brazil) [pt]
Closer - iholla (Finland) [fi]
Entre adultes consentants (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Ex epafis (Greece) [el]
Na dotek (Czech Republic) [cs]
Perto Demais (Portugal) (original subtitled version) [pt]
Tule lähemale (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of graphic sexual dialogue, nudity/sexuality and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | USA:R (certificate #40116) | New Zealand:R16 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Malaysia:18SX | Ireland:18 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Taiwan:R-12 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Indonesia:Dewasa

Filming Locations:

Cowcross Street, Clerkenwell, London, England, UK

Company:

Icarus Productions

Trivia:

The opera that Dan and Anna are late for and you can hear in the background is "Cosi Fan Tutte" - this also deals with themes of two couples who swap partners.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dan confronts Larry in his office, the majority of the scene shows the patient's chair in the back of the office covered with sanitary paper. At the end of the scene, however, Larry is shown putting the paper on the uncovered chair.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Alice: Hello, stranger.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Eccovi il medico, signore belle!

I Stayed To The End

What a treat. Most of the people who came with me, left, half way through the film. I stayed to the end and I loved it. It moved me. A rarity this days. The face of Jude Law is, still, so full of possibilities. He seems unafraid of darkness. Strong. This is his most grown up performance. I can't wait to see what he'll become. (If he stays away from Hollywood as much as temptations permit, and keeps that purity, that makes his darkness so powerful, as intact as humanly possible). Julia Roberts is wonderful in a performance part Margaret Sullavan, part Jeanne Moreau but all her own. Clive Owen is a force of nature. Dangerous, compelling, human to the hilt. And what about Natalie Portman? Wow. No surprise here. But what a surprise. I'm sure she is going to amaze us for years and years to come. I'm really glad I stayed to the end.