A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Zoe Saldana
- Dora Jansen
- (as Zoë Saldana)
Vito DeFilippo
- New York Apartment Doorman
- (as Vito De Filippo)
Kevin Desfosses
- Rory's Assistant
- (as Kevin Desfossés)
Liz Stauber
- Camy Rosen
- (as Elizabeth Stauber)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLee Sternthal and Brian Klugman wrote the script back in 1999. As friends of Bradley Cooper before his Ba Chàng Ngự Lâm (2009) fame, they ask him to play the lead, he accepted then, and kept his word more than ten years later.
- GoofsIn two different New York scenes we can see trucks from Canada Post.
- Quotes
The Old Man: We all make our choices in life, the hard thing to do is live with them.
- Alternate versionsThe US theatrical version was slightly censored for a PG-13 rating, removing several instances of strong language, and re-edited for shorter running time of 97 minutes. The US Blu-ray and DVD contain a 102 minute extended cut that restores these alterations, and several international theatrical releases (such as the UK), are based on this version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.132 (2012)
Featured review
Absent of cheesy one liners, cgi explosions and presumably never ending car chases it was not surprising to see the lack of respect this movie has received. It is telling of our culture to pass by a story, full of such raw, human, emotion, with dis-contempt and frailty.
'The Words' is a movie about life, mistakes and the pain we can all feel inside, and it is this ability to relate that makes it so powerful. It gives me hope, along with a select other few, that cinematic story telling has not simply been reduced to the next ex-cia to shoot up the town, or romantic comedy with the same stale happily ever after ending.
It is real, and comes with the all of the uncertainty and heartbreak of life.
'The Words' is a movie about life, mistakes and the pain we can all feel inside, and it is this ability to relate that makes it so powerful. It gives me hope, along with a select other few, that cinematic story telling has not simply been reduced to the next ex-cia to shoot up the town, or romantic comedy with the same stale happily ever after ending.
It is real, and comes with the all of the uncertainty and heartbreak of life.
- jesse-goulding
- Dec 17, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,494,838
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,750,894
- Sep 9, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $15,950,164
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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