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Synopsis: Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, social prominence. Then one night she stumbles in on her husband Frank, kissing another man, and her tidy world starts spinning out of control. In her confusion and grief, she finds consolation in the friendship of their African-American gardener, Raymond - a socially taboo relationship that leads to the further disintegration of life as she knew it. Despite Cathy and Frank's struggle to keep their marriage afloat, the reality of his homosexuality and her feelings for Raymond open a painful, if more honest, chapter in their lives.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Todd Haynes
Production: USA Films
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 101 wins & 91 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2002
107 min
$15,900,000
Website
474 Views


planning the parties,

and posing

at her husbands side

on the advertisements.

To everyone here in Connecticut,

you are Mr. and Mrs. Magnatech.

Thank you.

I 'm very flattered.

But, really, my life is like

any other wife or mother's.

In fact, I don't think I've,

I've ever wanted anything--

What is it, dear?

I think I just saw someone

walking through our yard.

What on Earth--

Oh, my--

Mrs. Whitaker, perhaps you

should call the police.

Excuse me.

May I help you?

Who are you?

I'm sorry, ma'am.

My name is Raymond Deagan--

Otis Deagan's son.

I was just taking over

some of his--

Oh, you're Otis's son.

Yes.

I-I'm terribly sorry

for speaking to you

in that manner.

I-I didn't know

who was in my yard.

Oh, no need.

How is your father?

I know he was in the hospital.

Yes, well,

my father's passed away,

I'm afraid.

Oh--

Oh, I-I had no idea.

I'm, I'm so very sorry.

Please, accept our

deepest condolences.

Your father was

a wonderful, dedicated man.

Thank you.

Mrs. Whitaker?

The caterer's

on the line.

Oh, thank you, Sybil.

I beg your pardon. Would you

excuse me for just a moment?

Of course.

Mrs. Leacock,

I'm terribly sorry.

Ill just be

one minute more.

That's fine, dear.

Good morning,

Magnatech International?

How may I direct your call?

Good morning,

Mr. Whitaker.

Good morning, Kitty.

Lovely dress

you're wearing.

Thank you, sir.

Good morning,

Marlene, Stan.

Good morning, Mr. Whitaker.

How's the second-best golfer

in Hartford this morning?

Somebody break

the books already?

Don't tell me our wives'

party budgets finally came in.

It's almost as fatal.

Millstein called.

Looks like New York

just shaved a week off

portfolio deadline.

You've got to

be kidding me.

I wish I were.

What are they trying to do,

strangle us to death?

Does Doug know?

Yeah, I called him

first thing.

All right.

Get Doug and the others.

Call a portfolio meeting

for lunch today.

Marlene, see if you can

reschedule the production review

for dinner.

And, uh, could you get

my wife on the phone,

please?

Thanks, Stan.

Mrs. Whitaker is on line one.

Oh, Frank. I'm sorry.

No, no, I understand.

I just wish you wouldn't

overwork yourself, especially after--

I know.

I will.

See you then.

Good-bye, dear.

I'm terribly sorry

about all the interruptions.

Now, where was it

you wanted me?

Just one more

at the fireplace.

That's it.

Now smile.

Isn't that darling?

Hold it.

Well, I guess that

about wraps it up.

Bob, Rick.

Gentlemen.

You're sure youre all right

getting home, sir?

Thank you, Davis.

But as 2nd in command

of the U.S.S. McMillan,

I do feel equipped

to locate my own car

without cover.

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Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is considered a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement of filmmaking that emerged in the early 1990s. Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Haynes had not obtained proper licensing to use the Carpenters' music, prompting a lawsuit from Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in an unflattering light, banning the film's distribution. Superstar became a cult classic.Haynes' feature directorial debut, Poison (1991), a provocative, three-part exploration of AIDS-era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a formidable talent and figure of a new transgressive cinema. Poison won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema. Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film Safe (1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops extreme allergic reactions to her suburban life. Safe was later voted the best film of the 1990s by The Village Voice Film Poll. Haynes' next feature, Velvet Goldmine (1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era, drawing heavily on the rock histories and mythologies of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Haynes gained critical acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with his 2002 feature, Far from Heaven. Inspired by the cinematic language of the films of Douglas Sirk, Far From Heaven is a 1950s-set melodrama about a Connecticut housewife who discovers that her husband is gay and falls in love with her African-American gardener. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay for Haynes. His fifth feature, I'm Not There (2007), marked another shift in direction. A nonlinear biopic, I'm Not There depicts various facets of Bob Dylan through seven fictionalized characters played by five actors and an actress. I'm Not There received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett. In 2011, Haynes directed and co-wrote Mildred Pierce, a five-hour mini-series for HBO, which garnered 21 Emmy Award nominations, winning five, as well as four Golden Globe Award nominations and a win for lead actress Kate Winslet. In 2015, Haynes returned to the big screen with Carol, his sixth feature film and the first film not written by him. Based on Patricia Highsmith's seminal romance novel The Price of Salt, Carol is the story of a forbidden love affair between two women from different classes and backgrounds in early 1950s New York City. The film received critical acclaim and many accolades including six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, and nine BAFTA Award nominations. more…

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