Dogville (2003)
Coming Out at 21 May 2003 in theaters.
Crime, Drama
Dogville is crime revenge tragedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, Harriet Andersson, and James Caan. It is a parable that uses an extremely minimal, stage-like set to tell the story of Grace Mulligan (Kidman), a woman hiding from mobsters, who arrives in the small mountain town of Dogville, Colorado, and is provided refuge in return for physical labor.
The film is the first in von Trier’s projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy, which was followed by Manderlay (2005) and is projected to be completed with Washington. The film was in competition for the Palme d’Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival but Gus Van Sant’s Elephant won the award. It was screened at various film festivals before receiving a limited release in the US on March 26, 2004.
The story of Dogville is told in nine chapters and a prologue, with a one-sentence description of each chapter given in the film, in the vein of such chapter headings in many 19th-century novels.
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara
Cast:
| Nicole Kidman | … | Grace Margaret Mulligan |
| Harriet Andersson | … | Gloria |
| Lauren Bacall | … | Ma Ginger |
| Jean-Marc Barr | … | The Man with the Big Hat |
| Paul Bettany | … | Tom Edison |
| Blair Brown | … | Mrs. Henson |
| James Caan | … | The Big Man |
| Patricia Clarkson | … | Vera |
| Jeremy Davies | … | Bill Henson |
| Ben Gazzara | … | Jack McKay |
| Philip Baker Hall | … | Tom Edison Sr. |
| Thom Hoffman | … | Gangster |
| Siobhan Fallon Hogan | … | Martha |
| John Hurt | … | Narrator (voice) |
| Zeljko Ivanek | … | Ben |
| John Randolph Jones | … | Gangster |
| Udo Kier | … | The Man in the Coat |
| Cleo King | … | Olivia |
| Miles Purinton | … | Jason |
| Bill Raymond | … | Mr. Henson |
| Chloë Sevigny | … | Liz Henson |
| Shauna Shim | … | June |
| Stellan Skarsgård | … | Chuck |
| Evelina Brinkemo | … | Athena |
| Anna Brobeck | … | Olympia |
| Tilde Lindgren | … | Pandora |
| Evelina Lundqvist | … | Diana |
| Helga Olofsson | … | Dahlia |
| Ulf Andersson | … | Additional Cast |
| Jan Coster | … | Additional Cast |
| Mattias Fredriksson | … | Additional Cast |
| Andreas Galle | … | Additional Cast |
| Barry Grant | … | Additional Cast |
| László Hágó | … | Additional Cast |
| Niklas Henriksson | … | Additional Cast |
| Mikael Johansson | … | Additional Cast |
| Hans Karlsson | … | Additional Cast |
| Lee R. King | … | Additional Cast |
| Oskar Kirkbakk | … | Additional Cast |
| Ingvar Örner | … | Additional Cast |
| Erich Silva | … | Additional Cast |
| Kent Vikmo | … | Additional Cast |
| Eric Voge | … | Additional Cast |
| Ove Wolf | … | Additional Cast |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia