Married Life

Year:

2008

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Ira Sachs

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-03-21

Filming Locations: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $12,000,000

Opening Weekend: $55,851 (USA) (9 March 2008)

Gross: $1,506,998 (USA) (29 June 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Chris Cooper

Harry Allen

Annabel Kershaw

Miss Jones

Pierce Brosnan

Richard Langley

Patricia Clarkson

Pat Allen

Rachel McAdams

Kay Nesbitt

Sheila Paterson

Mrs. Walsh

David Richmond-Peck

Tom

Erin Boyes

Becky

Elijah St. Germain

Little Charlie

Terence Kelly

Dr. Anderson

Timothy Webber

Alvin Walters

Rebecca Codling

Photo Store Clerk

David Wenham

John O'Brien

Dolores Drake

Cinema Cashier

Malcolm Boddington

Well-Tailored Man

Carrie Fleming

Operator (as Carrie Anne Fleming)

Sean Tyson

Policeman

Ty Olsson

Policeman

Mike Cook

Charade Player

Kathleen Duborg

Charade Player

Dale Floyd

Charade Player

Fred Keating

Charade Player

Suzanne Ristic

Charade Player

Alex Stevens

Charade Player

Anna Williams

O'Brien's Girlfriend

Pauline Crawford

Nurse (uncredited)

Maria Marlow

Coat Check Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

John Bingham's novel, 'Five Roundabouts to Heaven', was adapted for "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" TV series as "The Tender Poisoner" (first aired 20.12.1962), by writer Lukas Heller. The 60-minute program featured Dan Dailey as Philip "Barney" Bartel, Jan Sterling as his wife Beatrice, and Howard Duff as their friend Peter Harding.

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Goofs

In some driving scenes, the lines in the streets are yellow. Also some warning signs are in yellow, and placed higher on their respective poles. This is not correct for the 1940s. Lines were white. And signs were placed closer to street level for ease of viewing.

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Harry attempts to call home from a Restaurant; instead of getting a connection or a busy signal, he get's an "out-of-order" chirp. He dials "O" and tells the Operator that his home phone is O.O.O., he gives her a five digit number, then looks in the phone book and finds his next-door neighbor who of course has the traditional "Waddington 1234" number" used in 1949.

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Richard Langley sees the film Pandora and the Flying Dutchman in a movie theater in 1949, two years before movie's release.

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Quotes

Richard Langley: Whoever in this room who knows what goes on in the mind of the person who sleeps next to you... please, raise your hand... I know you can't, not honestly...

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Kay Nesbitt: A woman needs to be loved, and that's true. But it's not the whole truth. She also needs somebody to love.

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Richard Langley: I'm not at all certain that one can build happiness upon the unhappiness of someone else

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Faq

Q

I'm confused. Who is married to whom and who is having an affair with whom?

A

Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) is married to Pat (Patricia Clarkson) and having an affair with widow Kay Nesbitt (Rachel McAdams) while Pat is having an affair with John O'Brien (David Wenham), who has a girlfriend (Anna Williams) but is not married. Harry's best friend Richard Langley (Pierce Brosnan) is also unmarried, but on Harry's recommendation, he starts seeing Kay. To make things even more complicated, Harry doesn't know that Pat is sleeping with John, nor does he know that Richard and Kay are falling in love. Neither does Pat know that Harry is sleeping with Kay.

Q

Is "Married Life" based on a novel?

A

Yes. Married Life is based on the 1953 novel Five Roundabouts to Heaven by English novelist John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris of Newbrook. The novel was adapted for the film by screenwriter Oren Moverman and director Ira Sachs.

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Married Life can be found here.

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