With the press of a button, a wooden box bestows riches and death.With the press of a button, a wooden box bestows riches and death.With the press of a button, a wooden box bestows riches and death.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Mark S. Cartier
- Martin Teague
- (as Mark Cartier)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe main characters, Norma Lewis and Arthur Lewis, were based on director Richard Kelly's parents. His mother also suffered a crippled foot after an X-Ray mishap; his father worked for NASA and co-designed the camera used on the Viking Mars Landers (as in the movie).
- Goofs911 emergency services weren't available in Richmond, VA, in 1976.
- Quotes
Martin Teague: Sir? If you don't mind my asking... why a box?
Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Whereupon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.
Martin Teague: It's quite depressing, if you think of it that way.
Arlington Steward: Don't think of it that way... think of it as a temporary state of being.
- SoundtracksLight in Your Eyes
Written by Stephan Sechi (as Stephan M. Sechi)
Performed by Stephan Sechi
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation
Featured review
Way to over complicate a simple thriller idea
I don't understand their thinking behind this, they had the budget and the idea then just over complicated it with nonsense. The bio is really intriguing but nowhere did it say there would be utter crap about the after life and someone who controls thunder.
However it did have good aspects like it kept me entertained and intrigued with how it was going to end. But I'd have just preferred it stay normal and not introduce literal unrealistic nonsense. I was thinking before I watched it how does a film with these actors and this story line have such a low rating, now I know.
However it did have good aspects like it kept me entertained and intrigued with how it was going to end. But I'd have just preferred it stay normal and not introduce literal unrealistic nonsense. I was thinking before I watched it how does a film with these actors and this story line have such a low rating, now I know.
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- nathanmanson
- Jun 11, 2022
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Chiếc Hộp Kì Bí
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,051,977
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,571,417
- Nov 8, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $33,334,176
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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