Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Snow Falling on Cedars
Year
1999
Running time
122 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. II World War. 1940s. Racism. Courtroom Drama / Lawyers
Synopsis
This is the film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by David Guterson. Hawke plays a journalist whose World War II memories come flooding back as he covers a murder trial on a remote Pacific Northwest island. Turns out the man accused of murdering a Washington state fisherman has a Japanese wife who the reporter was once deeply in love with and who he still has the hots for.
Awards
1999: Nominated for Oscar: Best Cinematography
1999: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography
1999: Satellite Awards: 5 nominations
Critics' reviews
- "The kind of richly layered film that Hollywood seldom attempts, much less brings off. But it's more than brought off here"
- "Impeccably crafted but dramatically dull"
- "Flawed, but fascinating, this somber adaptation of David Guterson's award-winning novel is sometimes sluggish and difficult to follow, but it's also unexpectedly poetic"
- "The year's most beautiful movie -- and surely one of the dullest."
- Has to fight to hold our attention and it doesn't always succeed
- "Movies made from serious novels are often ridiculed as unworthy of their sources, but this one may be too worthy -- too reverent, too showy, too earnest."
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