
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Actress
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Cinematography
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Original Score
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Actress
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Cinematography
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Original Score
Academy Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay
Chlotrudis Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Movie
Chlotrudis Awards 2003 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actress
Chlotrudis Awards 2003 - Won - Best Actress
Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Won - Best Cinematography
Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Won - Best Director
Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Won - Best Feature
Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Won - Best Female Lead
Independent Spirit Awards 2003 - Won - Best Supporting Male
NYFCC Awards 2002 - Won - Best Cinematographer
NYFCC Awards 2002 - Won - Best Director
NYFCC Awards 2002 - Won - Best Film
NYFCC Awards 2002 - Won - Best Supporting Actor
NYFCC Awards 2002 - Won - Best Supporting Actress
Venice Film Festival 2002 - Nominated - Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival 2002 - Won - Best Actress
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Far From Heaven
Film SynopsisCathy (Julianne Moore) is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she surprises her husband Frank (Dennis Quaid) kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond (Dennis Haysbert) - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives. Get Involved |
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Runtime:
107 min.
Genres:
Period Drama
Romance
Countries:
UNITED STATES
FRANCE
Language:
English/American
Color:
Color
Certification:
PG13
Tagline
• What imprisons desires of the heart?
Memorable Quotes
Cathy Whitaker: That was the day I stopped believing in the wild ardor of things. Perhaps in love, as well. That kind of love. The love in books and films. The love that tells us to abandon our lives and plans, all for one brief touch of Venus. So often we fail at that kind of love. The world just seems too fragile a place for it. And of every other kind, life remains full. Perhaps it's just we who are too fragile. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathy Whitaker: You're all man to me! All man... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Whitaker: I know it's wrong because it makes me feel despicable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Whitaker: How about this girl getting her husband another drink? Cathy Whitaker: Don't you think you've had enough, dear? Frank Whitaker: No, honey, I don't think I've had enough! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Whitaker: Aw, geez! Cathy Whitaker: We don't use language like that in this house. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Frank is drunk at the cocktail party] Stan Fine: Frank is the luckiest guy in town! Frank Whitaker: It's all smoke and mirrors, fellas. That's all it is. You should see her without her face on. Doreen: Frank! Cathy Whitaker: No, he's absolutely right. We ladies are never what we appear, and every girl has her secrets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond: Here is to being the only one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond: I've learned my lesson about mixing in other worlds. I've seen the sparks fly. All kinds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Studying a Miró painting] Raymond Deagan: So, what's your opinion on modern art? Cathy Whitaker: It's hard to put into words, really. I just know what I care for and what I don't. Like this... I don't know how to pronounce it... Mira? Raymond Deagan: Miró. Cathy Whitaker: Miró. I don't know why, but I just adore it. The feeling it gives. I know that sounds terribly vague. Raymond Deagan: No. No, actually, it confirms something I've always wondered about modern art. Abstract art. Cathy Whitaker: What's that? Raymond Deagan: That perhaps it's just picking up where religious art left off, somehow trying to show you divinity. The modern artist just pares it down to the basic elements of shape and color. But when you look at that Miró, you feel it just the same. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eleanor Fine: Call me old fashioned, I just like all the men I'm around to be all men.
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Directed by
Todd Haynes
Produced by
Jody Patton
Writing credits
Todd Haynes
Cast
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