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6.3A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse
- Sissy Spacek as Margie Fogg
- James Coburn as Glen Whitehouse
- Willem Dafoe as Rolfe Whitehouse
- Mary Beth Hurt as Lillian
- Jim True-Frost as Jack Hewitt
Themes
- small town
- based on novel or book
- winter
- abusive father
- halloween
- new hampshire
- hunting accident
- alcoholism
- snow
- domestic violence
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
21,133 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
79/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 19 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Paul Schrader
- Screenplay by
- Paul Schrader
- Based on
- Affliction , by Russell Banks
- Produced by
- Linda Reisman
- Starring
- Nick Nolte Sissy Spacek James Coburn Willem Dafoe Mary Beth Hurt Jim True
- Cinematography
- Paul Sarossy
- Edited by
- Jay Rabinowitz
- Music by
- Michael Brook
- Production companies
- Largo Entertainment Reisman Productions Kingsgate Films
- Distributed by
- Lions Gate Films (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)
- Release dates
- August 28, 1997 ( 1997-08-28 ) ( Venice ) December 30, 1998 ( 1998-12-30 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $6.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 922942
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- publication date
- 1998-02-12
- title
- Affliction
- review score
- 88%
- capital cost
- 6000000
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Affliction is a 1997 American neo-noir crime drama directed and written by Paul Schrader. Based on the 1989 novel by Russell Banks, the film stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, and Willem Dafoe.
Affliction had its world premiere at the 54th Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 1997, and was released in the United States on December 30, 1998, by Lions Gate Films. The film received positive reviews from critics, who mostly lauded the performances of Nolte and Coburn. At the 71st Academy Awards, Nolte was nominated for Best Actor and Coburn won for Best Supporting Actor. It earned six nominations at the 14th Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature.