Film 4

The lovely bones

Susie Salmon, a young girl is murdered and watches over
her family and her killer from heaven. She must weigh her
desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to
heal.

Plot summary
Genre: Drama/ Thriller
Director: Peter Jackson
Producers: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Carolynne
Cunningham, Aimée Peyronnet, Steven Spielberg
Runtime: 136 minutes
Based on: The lovely bones book by Alice Sebold
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Studio:

Basic Information
Release dates:
November 24th 2009 (Royal Premiere)
December 26, 2009 (New Zealand)
January 15, 2010 (United States)
February 19, 2010 (United Kingdom)
Budget: $65,000,000
Gross revenue: $93,535,346
Cast:

Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon

Mark Wahlberg as Jack Salmon
Rachel Weisz as Abigail Salmon
Rose McIver as Lindsey Salmon
Stanley Tucci as George Harvey
Susan Sarandon as Grandma Lynn
Michael Imperioli as Detective Len Fenerman
Christian Thomas Ashdale as Buckley Salmon
Reece Ritchie as Ray Singh
Charlie Saxton as Ronald Drake
Amanda Michalka as Clarissa
Jake Abel as Brian Nelson
Carolyn Dando as Ruth Connors
Nikki SooHoo as Denise "Holly" Le Ang
Annabel Grealish as Lola
Thomas McCarthy as Principal Caden
• Shown in 2,638 theatres
• Was in release for 98 days/14 weeks
• Stopped being shown in cinemas on March 19th 2010

Opening Weekend
• $116,616 (USA) (13 December 2009) (3 Screens)
• £1,637,579 (UK) (21 February 2010) (420 Screens)

Box office
• Nominated for a BAFTA award (USA) in 2010. For best
leading actress (Saoirse Ronan) and best supporting actor
(Stanley Tucci)
• Nominated for an Oscar award for best performance by
an actor in a supporting role (Stanley Tucci)

Awards
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“What was a complex, quirky novel has been turned
into a movie mishmash of Lord of the Rings and High
School Musical” –The Times online

“Like The Lord Of The Rings, The Lovely Bones does a

fantastic job with revered, complex source material. As
terrific on terra firma as it is audacious in its astral
plane, it is doubtful we’ll see a more imaginative,
courageous film in 2010”-Empire online

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