Fracture (2007 film)
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Fracture is a 2007 legal
Legal drama
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/crime
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 suspense film from New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...

 and Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment
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, directed by Gregory Hoblit
Gregory Hoblit
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, starring Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, KBE , best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television...

 and Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He first came to public attention as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programmes including Are You Afraid of the Dark? , Goosebumps , Breaker High and Young Hercules...

. The screenplay is by Glenn Gers and Daniel Pyne.

It is the story of a man who shoots his unfaithful wife and a young prosecutor trying to prevent him from manipulating the justice system to get away with the crime.

Cast

  • Anthony Hopkins
    Anthony Hopkins
    Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, KBE , best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television...

     as Theodore "Ted" Crawford
  • Ryan Gosling
    Ryan Gosling
    Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He first came to public attention as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programmes including Are You Afraid of the Dark? , Goosebumps , Breaker High and Young Hercules...

     as William "Willy" Beachum
  • David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    David Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...

     as District Attorney
    District attorney
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     Joe Lobruto
  • Rosamund Pike
    Rosamund Pike
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     as Nikki Gardner
  • Embeth Davidtz
    Embeth Davidtz
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     as Jennifer Crawford
  • Billy Burke
    Billy Burke (actor)
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     as Lt. Rob Nunally
  • Cliff Curtis
    Cliff Curtis
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     as Detective Flores
  • Fiona Shaw
    Fiona Shaw
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     as Judge
    Judge
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     Robinson
  • Bob Gunton
    Bob Gunton
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     as Judge
    Judge
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     Frank Gardner
  • Josh Stamberg
    Josh Stamberg
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     as Norman Foster
  • Xander Berkeley
    Xander Berkeley
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     as Judge
    Judge
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     Moran
  • Zoe Kazan
    Zoe Kazan
    -Early life and education:Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of film and theatre director Elia Kazan...

     as Mona

Critical reception

The film was received with generally positive reviews and holds a "fresh" rating of 9% on Rotten Tomatoes
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.

Awards

Fracture was nominated for two awards. The first nomination was the Teen Choice Award for Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He first came to public attention as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programmes including Are You Afraid of the Dark? , Goosebumps , Breaker High and Young Hercules...

 in the Choice Movie Actor category. The second nomination was for World Soundtrack Award for Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna is a Canadian film composer.-Life and career:Mychael Danna is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations. He has won...

 in the Film Composer of the Year category.

Production

Scenes for the film were shot on location in Encino, California at the Sherman residence (Noeline Ave, Encino, CA), a ranch home designed by Peter Tolkin Architecture. Producer, Hawk Koch
Hawk Koch
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, said, "My challenge was to make our film look like a 60 or 70-million dollar film and not spend anywhere near that kind of money. I'm proud that we could make a rich-looking movie, work decent hours and do it for a good price. We owe thanks to our D.P., Kramer Morgenthau, who can light fast and made every scene look exquisite. He's going to have a name as one of the best in the business for a long time to come." The film was released on April 20, 2007 and made $39,004,700 at the Box Office
Box office
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. The critics review of this film gave it an average of a B. The film is rated R in the USA due to language and some violent content. New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...

was the distributor for the movie.

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