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The Lovely Bones
Director: Peter Jackson
Release Date: January 15, 2010
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli
Language: English
Country: United States
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The Lovely Bones is a 2009 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film was directed by Peter Jackson and stars Saoirse Ronan as the protagonist Susie Salmon along with Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as her parents, Jack and Abigail Salmon respectively. Jackson and his producer partners acquired the rights independently and developed a script on their own, later selling it to DreamWorks.
Production began in October 2007 in New Zealand and Pennsylvania. Paramount became a sole distributor a year later when they split with DreamWorks. The film’s trailer was released on August 4, 2009. On December 6, 1973, Susie Salmon (Ronan) is murdered by a neighbor, George Harvey (Stanley Tucci), a serial killer of young girls and women.
She finds herself in ‘the in-between’ a Heaven-like place, observing her family as they grieve for her. She also watches her killer who, having covered his tracks successfully, is preparing to murder again. Her father is trying to figure out who murdered Susie. He has the pieces, but he can’t fit them together. Susie struggles to balance her desire for vengeance on Harvey and her desire to have her family recover from their loss.
Cast:
- Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon
- Mark Wahlberg as Jack Salmon, Susie’s father.
- Rachel Weisz as Abigail Salmon, Susie’s mother.
- Stanley Tucci as George Harvey, Susie’s killer.
- Susan Sarandon as Lynn, Susie’s, Lindsey’s and Buckley’s grandmother and Abigail’s mother.
- Rose McIver as Lindsey Salmon, Susie’s sister.
- Christian Thomas Ashdale as Buckley Salmon, Susie’s and Lindsey’s little brother.
- Michael Imperioli as Len Fenerman, a police detective in charge of investigating Susie’s death.
- Reece Ritchie as Ray Singh, Susie’s mutual love interest. In the novel, Ray is Indian.
- Charlie Saxton as Ronald Drake.
- Carolyn Dando as Ruth Conners, a classmate of Susie’s.
- Amanda Michalka as Clarissa, Susie’s best friend.
- Nikki SooHoo as Holly, Susie’s best friend in Heaven.
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