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Studio: Lionsgate
Release Date: Nov 11, 2001
Running Time: 111 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Hank, an embittered prison guard, lives with his aging racist father, Buck, and his own twenty something son, Sonny. Hank and Sonny work for the local prison where they are preparing the electric chair for a black inmate. After the man is executed, Hank falls in love with Letitia, the inmate's widow. This emotionally charged affair forces Hank to re-evaluate how deeply prison work and his father's infectious hatred have affected his soul.
cast + crew
Director
Hank Grotowski
Leticia Musgrove
Buck Grotowski
Sonny Grotowski
Lawrence Musgrove
Ryrus Cooper
Tyrell Musgrove
Lucille
Betty
Vera
Screenplay
Screenplay
Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
reviews
December 20, 2001
In the Oscar sweeps, you don't want to forget Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry in a rubbed-raw drama that the word offbeat doesn't begin to encapsulate. Thornton plays Hank, a guard on death-row duty at Georgia State Penitentiary. At home, Hank's sick dad (Peter Boyle), a retired guard, sucks oxygen and spits redneck bigotry. Hank's son, Sonny (a de-glammed Heath Ledger), shares guard duty with Dad and also the same tired hooker, whom they both bang standing up. Nice, huh? Director Marc…
Monster's Ball is the story of three generations of men: the elderly, racist Buck and his son Hank and grandson Sonny, both of whom work as correctional officers at a federal prison. But prepping inmates for the electric chair has affected their psyche in dramatic and tragic ways. Story Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton) lives with his aging, white-trash father Buck (Peter Boyle), and his twentysomething son Sonny (Heath Ledger) in a backwoods Georgia town. Hank and Sonny are both correctional…
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