Dear Frankie (2005)

Max Schreck as Graf Orlok in "Nosferatu" (1922)

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Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Mar 4, 2005

Running Time: 105 mins.

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Emily Mortimer, Gerard Butler, Jack McElhone, Sharon Small, Mary Riggans, Sean Brown, Jayd Johnson, John Kazek, Katy Murphy, Anna Hepburn

director: Shona Auerbach

Dear Frankie

Nine year-old Frankie and his mom, Lizzie, have been on the move ever since he can remember. To protect her son from the truth, Lizzie has invented a story to satisfy Frankie’s curiosity. She regularly writes Frankie a letter from his make-believe father who works aboard a ship traveling to exotic lands. However, Lizzie soon finds out his ‘father’s’ ship will be arriving in a few days. Now, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth and hatching a desperate plan to find the perfect stranger to play the perfect father.

PETER TRAVERS - February 24, 2005

Gerard Butler hid his looks behind a mask and disfiguring makeup in The Phantom of the Opera. But onscreen in Dear Frankie, Butler shows sensitivity as well as star quality. He plays a Scottish sailor hired by Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) to pretend he's the father of her son Frankie (Jake McElhone), a deaf nine-year-old living outside Glasgow who knows his crewman dad only from letters, delivered from an ever-traveling cargo ship. In truth, Lizzie writes the letters to protect Frankie from his dad's…