Monster's Ball(Movie, 2001)

Name: Monster's Ball
Genre: Drama, Romance / Love
Released: 2001
Duration: T01:53:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 53min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 409 votes)

Monster's Ball is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appeared in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boyle, with Sean Combs, Mos Def, and Coronji Calhoun in supporting roles. Thornton portrays a corrections officer who begins a relationship with a woman (Berry), unaware that she is the widow of a man (Combs) he assisted in executing. Principal photography began in May 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana and lasted for five weeks. Monster'... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Monster's Ball

Academy Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama nominated for: BET Award for Best Actor nominated for: Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay nominated for: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role nominated for: MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role nominated for: Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film

About Monster's Ball

Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to confusion and new ideas for the two unlikely lovers.

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Trailer for Monster's Ball + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Monster's Ball (2001) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD](Trailer, 1:29)

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Louisiana

Made by: Lions Gate Films, Lee Daniels Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/11/2001 (World premiere: 06/07/2001)

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Peter Boyle, Sean Combs, Mos Def, John McConnell, James Haven, Paul Smith, Bernard Johnson, Marcus Lyle Brown, Milo Addica, Will Rokos

Director: Marc Forster

Producer: Lee Daniels

Screenwriter: Milo Addica, Will Rokos

Executive Producer: Michael R. Burns, Michael Paseornek

Film Editor: Matt Chesse

Director of Photography: Roberto Schaefer

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"A Última Ceia"

"A l'ombre de la haine"

"몬스터 볼"

Keywords: loss of loved one, new love, xenophobia, electric chair, waitress, unsociability, interracial relationship, overweight child, parent child relationship, southern usa, ethnic stereotype

Budget: 4,000,000 USD

Revenue: 44,909,486 USD (= 1,123%)

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