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San Francisco, California | Depression
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 2004 | Ben
Best Supporting Female | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Actress | 2003 | Jennifer
Best Supporting Actress | 2003 | Shohreh
Best Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Top Films of the Decade International Competition | 2010 | Vadim
Best Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2004 | Ben
Best Music Original Score | 2004 | James
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 2004 | Ben
Best Picture | 2004
Best Actress | 2004 | Jennifer
Best Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2004 | Shawn Lawrence
Best Actor | 2004 | Ben
British Actor of the Year | 2005 | Ben
Best Film Editing | 2004 | Lisa Zeno
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2004 | Jennifer
Best Casting for Feature Film Drama | 2004 | Deborah
Breakout Performance Behind the Camera | 2004 | Vadim
Best Screenplay Adapted | 2004 | Vadim
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | 2004 | Ben
Best Actress | 2004 | Jennifer
Best Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Actor | 2004 | Ben
Best Actress | 2004 | Jennifer
Best First Screenplay | 2004 | Shawn Lawrence
Best Actor | 2004 | Ben
Best Actor | 2004 | Ben
Best Supporting Actress Miglior attrice non protagonista | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Actress | 2004 | Jennifer
Best Supporting Actress | 2004 | Shohreh
Best Actor | 2004 | Ben
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 2003 | Ben
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2003 | Shohreh
Best Actor | 2003 | Ben
Budget 16,500,000 USD
Box Office Collection 16,942,795 USD
Author Andre Dubus III received more than one hundred offers from movie studios who wanted to make his book into a movie.
Sir Ben Kingsley was given a copy of the novel "House of Sand and Fog" by author Andre Dubus III's wife, before he was ever approached to star in the movie.
In the scenes on the rooftop porch, telephone poles and wires are prominently visible. These were added by the production crew, to make the neighborhood where filming occurred seem more middle-class.
During a press tour for this movie that featured co-writer and director Vadim Perelman and several of the actors and actresses (including Jennifer Connelly and Sir Ben Kingsley) a reporter asked if the story was a metaphor for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The actors and actresses were completely surprised, and Connelly asked Perelman if that was the case. He told the reporter that it was an interesting interpretation, but he hadn't had that in mind when he was planning the movie, either in general development, or when he made Kingsley's character into a former Iranian officer in exile.
Kathy is evicted from her house due to unpaid business taxes. Throughout the movie, she is bent on believing the repossessing and the auctioning were mistakes from the county. She couldn't owe them a tax from something she never had. She also states that she inherited the house from her father, along with a brother. Later on, when Kathy asks on the phone for her brother to come over, he says something about his company's products, implying he owns a business. That destroys the argument of a wrongful eviction, implying the brother, who co-owns the house, owes taxes, and Kathy paid the price, losing her house.
"Esmail: Why did that man say we would be deported? Behrani: I do not know. But we are American citizens. We own this house. They can do nothing to us now. Esmail: I feel bad for that lady, Baba-jan. Behrani: The woman's house was taken from her because she did not pay her taxes. That happens when one is not responsible. Esmail: But... Behrani: Do you understand? Do not feel bad. Americans they do not deserve what they have. They have the eyes of small children who are forever looking for the next source of distraction, entertainment, sweet taste in the mouth. We are not like them. We know rich opportunities when we see them and do not throw away God's blessing."
"Kathy: I miss my dad. He worked really hard for that house... It took him... thirty years to pay it off. And it took me eight months to fuck it up!"
