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A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on... Read allA nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 8 wins & 26 nominations total
Lorna Pruce
- Locksmith Customer
- (as Lorna Guity Pruce)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaSandra Bullock (Linda Schell) was in New York City with her family, and witnessed the second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, crashing into the World Trade Center's South Tower on September 11, 2001.
- GoofsOskar says that only humans cry tears and that a photo of an elephant crying must be Photoshopped, but elephants actually do cry tears.
- Quotes
Thomas Schell: If things were easy to find, they wouldn't be worth finding.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.59 (2011)
- SoundtracksIf You Know The Lord Is Keeping You
Written by Charles Taylor
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This movie will stay with me for the rest of my days.
At thirty minutes in I was wondering who would be the first to leave the small audience in the cinema. By the end of this movie I, and the few others, simply sat with our metaphorical mouths agape at the impact of what we had just seen. A slow, meandering, and with hindsight, entirely necessary beginning gives way to a riveting and gripping story. A story which you would expect to bring you to tears (and it will for some) but is ultimately about triumph. It may appear to be a story about 9/11 and such was the enormity of that event that it would be easy to suggest that this is just an excellently acted and well-crafted story about that day. That would be to undersell this movie. 9/11 is just the vehicle which carries the message of how our everyday, minor irritations with other people and our general lives are simply unimportant in comparison to the reality that most people are just trying to do their best in our jobs, our marriages and in our relationships. We are imperfect and the enormity of 9/11 hammered that home. These couple of hours repeats the exercise. But this movie does more than use the day's story in such a simplistic way. Rather, it weaves the tragedy into the story of lives that are already living with sadness and it allows those participants to view their personal tragedies in the context of the much bigger one. To use the "device" of a compulsive child (what a performance!)forces us voyeurs to focus more clearly on the everyday minutiae which both he and we come to see as insignificant. A wonderful experience...this movie will stay with me for the rest of my days.
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- Feb 17, 2012
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- Also known as
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,847,881
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $72,348
- Dec 25, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $55,247,881
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) officially released in India in Hindi?
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