Far From Heaven

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Awards

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

Director:
Todd Haynes
PG13, 107 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Cathy (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.

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"Todd Haynes' contemporary vision of Douglas Sirk's world is full of humor, pathos and beauty."

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Details

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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