A History of Violence

A History of Violence

Movie |

Self-defense | Robbery

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): David Cronenberg, Dug Rotstein
  • Cast(s): Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 36min
  • Music: Howard Shore,Chris Navarro,Goro Koyama,Wayne Griffin,Don White
  • Award(s): CFCA 2006 (Won)
    Oscar 2006 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Ballad of a Small Player, Coup!
  • Story:
    An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
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7.4/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Ratings

7.4/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
CFCA Award

Best Director | 2006 | David

Best Supporting Actress | 2006 | Maria

DGC Craft Award

Outstanding Direction Feature Film | 2006 | David

Outstanding Picture Editing Feature Film | 2006 | Ronald

Outstanding Sound Editing Feature Film | 2006 | Michael

DGC Team Award

Outstanding Feature Film | 2006

Critics Award

Best Foreign Film | 2006 | David

ICS Award

Best Director | 2006 | David

NSFC Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | Ed

Best Director | 2006 | David

NTFCA Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

OFTA Film Award

Best Supporting Actress | 2006 | Maria

OFCS Award

Best Picture | 2006

Best Director | 2006 | David

Best Supporting Actress | 2006 | Maria

Sant Jordi Award

Best Foreign Film Mejor Pelcula Extranjera | 2006 | David

Audience Award

Best Foreign Film Melhor Filme Estrangeiro | 2006 | David

Golden Schmoes Award

Best Supporting Actress of the Year | 2005 | Maria

IFMCA Award

Best Original Score for a HorrorThriller Film | 2005 | Howard

KCFCC Award

Best Supporting Actress | 2005 | Maria

LAFCA Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2005 | William

NBR Award

Top Ten Films | 2005

NYFCC Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2005 | William

Best Supporting Actress | 2005 | Maria

SDFCS Award

Best Editing | 2005 | Ronald

TFCA Award

Best Picture | 2005

Best Director | 2005 | David

Best Canadian Film | 2005

UFCA Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2005 | William

VVFP Award

Best Film | 2005

Best Supporting Performance | 2005 | Maria

Best Director | 2005 | David

AFI Award

Movie of the Year | 2006

AFCA Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

Bodil Award

Best American Film Bedste amerikanske film | 2006 | David

COFCA Award

Best Director | 2006 | David

Best Supporting Performance | 2006 | Maria

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2006 | William

Best Writing Adapted Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

Golden Globe Award

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2006 | Maria

Best Motion Picture Drama | 2006

BAFTA Film Award

Best Screenplay Adapted | 2006 | Josh

César Award

Best Foreign Film Meilleur film tranger | 2006 | David

Best Film of the 2000s Award

Best Film | 2010 | David

Saturn Award

Best ActionAdventureThriller Film | 2006

Best Actor | 2006 | Viggo

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

COFCA Award

Best Picture | 2006

CFCA Award

Best Picture | 2006

Best Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

Critics Choice Award

Best Supporting Actress | 2006 | Maria

David Award

Best Foreign Film Miglior Film Straniero | 2006 | David

DGC Craft Award

Outstanding Production Design Feature Film | 2006 | Carol

Edgar Award

Best Motion Picture Screenplay | 2006 | Vince

Empire Award

Best Thriller | 2006

Best Actor | 2006 | Viggo

Gold Derby Film Award

Motion Picture | 2006 | J.C.

Director | 2006 | David

Adapted Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

Supporting Actress | 2006 | Maria

ICS Award

Best Picture | 2006

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

Best Adapted Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

INOCA Award

Best Picture | 2006

Best Actor | 2006 | Viggo

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

Best Supporting Actress | 2006 | Maria

Best Director | 2006 | David

Best Adapted Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

IOMA Award

Best Director Miglior regia | 2006

Best Supporting Actress Miglior attrice non protagonista | 2006 | Maria

ALFS Award

Film of the Year | 2006

Actor of the Year | 2006 | Viggo

Actress of the Year | 2006 | Maria

Director of the Year | 2006 | David

NSFC Award

Best Film | 2006

OFTA Film Award

Best Picture | 2006 | J.C.

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

Best Casting | 2006 | Deirdre

Best Director | 2006 | David

Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 2006 | Josh

Best Film Editing | 2006 | Ronald

Best Cinematic Moment | 2006

Best Official Film Website | 2006

OFCS Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2006 | William

Best Adapted Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

Best Editing | 2006 | Ronald

Satellite Award

Best Overall DVD | 2006

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 2005 | Viggo

Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Drama | 2005 | Maria

Outstanding Motion Picture Drama | 2005

Scream Award

Most Heroic Performance | 2006 | Viggo

Best Director | 2006 | David

The Holy ShtJump From Your Seat Award | 2006

SIYAD Award

Best Foreign Film | 2006

USC Scripter Award

2006 | Vince

(screenwriter) | 2006 | Vince

VFCC Award

Best Director | 2006 | David

WGA (Screen) Award

Best Adapted Screenplay | 2006 | Josh

Young Artist Award

Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | 2006 | Heidi

ACCA Award

Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2005 | Maria

Best Director | 2005 | David

Best Adapted Screenplay | 2005 | Josh

Best Cinematography | 2005 | Peter

Best Original Score | 2005 | Howard

Top 10 Film Award

Best Film | 2005 | David

DFWFCA Award

Best Picture | 2005

Gotham Independent Film Award

Best Feature | 2005 | J.C.

Sierra Award

Best Picture | 2005

LAFCA Award

Best Picture | 2005

Best Director | 2005 | David

NYFCC Award

Best Film | 2005

Best Director | 2005 | David

Best Actor | 2005 | Viggo

SEFCA Award

Best Picture | 2005

SLFCA Award

Best Director | 2005 | David

UFCA Award

Best Actress | 2005 | Maria

VVFP Award

Best Performance | 2005 | Viggo

Best Supporting Performance | 2005 | Ed

Best Screenplay | 2005 | Josh

BOX OFFICE

Budget 32,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 60,740,827 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

During an interview, Viggo Mortensen stated that during the shooting of the first bar scene with Ed Harris he could not stop laughing, and as a result, the scene had to be re-shot several times. Due to Viggo Mortensen's behavior, Ed Harris completed the scene without pants; he only wore his underwear, yet this cannot be seen as the bar table impedes our view. Thus, Viggo Mortensen had to act seriously while Ed Harris was not wearing any pants, and this is the scene that is used in the movie.

For the sex scene on the stairs, David Cronenberg was concerned about the two actors getting hurt on the hard wooden steps. He asked his stunt man whether or not he had any stunt pads to soften up the stairs. The stunt man laughed, saying that in the twenty years he had been working as a stunt man, no director had ever asked him for stunt pads for a sex scene. Pads were not used for most of the scene however, and in the shot when Edie is naked on the bed with bruises visible on her back, make-up was used to hide the amount of bruises that Maria Bello received from the scene.

William Hurt received an Oscar nomination for this film for Best Supporting Actor despite only being in one scene which lasted less than 10 minutes.

During the robbery scene at the diner, Orser crudely rubbing his hand down Charlotte's breast and then sniffing his hand was thought up by the two actors themselves (Greg Bryk and Deborah Drakeford).

The mobsters were originally supposed to be Italian-Americans, but after the casting of Ed Harris and William Hurt, David Cronenberg decided to change the mob to Irish-Americans, giving Viggo's character the Irish surname Cusack. He felt that Mortensen, Harris, and Hurt wouldn't make convincing Italian-Americans. Mortensen did play an Italian-American in Green Book (2018), some 13 years later.

Popular Dialogues

"[last lines] Richie Cusack: [Joey holds a gun to Richie's head] Jesus, Joey. Tom Stall: [as Joey shoots Richie in the head, then stands over his dead body] Jesus, Richie."

"[Mr. Fogarty tells Edie that her husband's real name is Joey Cusack] Edie Stall: My husband does not know you. He wouldn't know you, somebody like you. Carl Fogarty: Oh, he knows Carl Fogarty, all right. He knows me intimately. See? [Mr. Fogarty points to his blind left eye] Carl Fogarty: This isn't a completely dead eye. It still works a bit. The problem is, the only thing I can see with it is Joey Cusack. And it can see right through him. Right through your husband, Edie. I see what's inside him, what makes him tick. He's still the same guy. Edie Stall: No. Carl Fogarty: He's still crazy fuckin' Joey. And you know it, don't you? Edie Stall: I know that my husband is Tom Stall. That's what I know."