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The Human Stain

Year:

2003

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Robert Benton

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-10-29

Filming Locations: Québec, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $30,000,000

Opening Weekend: $1,034,195 (USA) (2 November 2003)

Gross: $5,381,227 (USA) (1 February 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jacinda Barrett

The Human Stain

Anne Dudek

Anthony Hopkins

Coleman Silk

Nicole Kidman

Faunia Farley

Ed Harris

Lester Farley

Gary Sinise

Nathan Zuckerman

Wentworth Miller

Young Coleman Silk

Harry Lennix

Mr. Silk

Clark Gregg

Nelson Primus

Anna Deavere Smith

Mrs. Silk

Lizan Mitchell

Ernestine

Kerry Washington

Ellie

Phyllis Newman

Iris Silk

Margo Martindale

Psychologist

Ron Canada

Herb Keble

Mili Avital

Young Iris

Danny Blanco Hall

Walter (as Danny Blanco)

Marie Michel

Young Ernestine (as Kristen Blevins)

Mimi Kuzyk

Professor Delphine Roux

John Finn

Louie Borero

Jessica Winterstern

Student

Jeff Perry

Tennis Player

Rick Snyder

Tennis Player

Danny Stone

Tennis Player

Vito DeFilippo

Mark Silk

Robert Higden

Jeff Silk

Vlasta Vrana

Solly Tabak

Richard Mawe

Doc Chizner

Tom Rack

Bobcat

Bill Rowat

Swift

Richard Russo

Faculty Committee Member

Andrew Forge

Faculty Committee Member

Stella Arroyave

Faculty Committee Member

Jude Beny

Sally

Peter Cunningham

Boxer

John Cenatiempo

Boxer

Frank Proctor

Announcer

Deano Clavet

Boxing Coach

Sylvain Doré

St. Nicholas Referee

Neville Edwards

Coleman's Cornerman

Phillip Colette Gervais

Train Conductor

Allison Davis

Diner on the Train

Charles W. Gray

Minister

Edward Lafferty

Rally Protester

Steven Grisé

Rally Protester

Kim Gandol Ferenczi

Rally Protester

Terry Haig

Police Officer #2

Laurent Imbault

Administrative Officer

Sylvain Landry

Maitre D

Pierre LeBlanc

Naval Recruiter (as Pierre Leblanc)

Nwamiko Madden

Young Man on the Porch

Luc Morissette

Street Photographer (as Luc Morrissette)

Philip Pretten

Record Store Manager

Jessica Schulte

Student

Kate Whitney

Mrs. Primus

Brea Asher

Primus' Secretary

Russell Yuen

Chinese Waiter

Jimmy Chan

Chinese Restaurant Owner

Lydia Zadel

Nature Center Girl

Leigh Spofford

Student (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The mole on the side of Anthony Hopkins' head was added, due to the fact that Wentworth Miller has a mole on the side of his head. Hopkins also wore green contacts to match the color of Miller's eyes.

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According to Wentworth Miller, the casting agent did not believe that he was part-African American like the character Coleman Silk. Miller also told the casting agent about an incident at Princeton University. While he was a student there, he published an editorial cartoon in the campus newspaper that was misconstrued as a racial slur against Professor Cornel West. Silk has a similar situation in the film. Miller faxed family pictures and articles about the controversy to prove his story. West later attended the film's premiere and made up with Miller.

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The racist white man on the train who berates the porter is played by Allison Davis, a Chicago attorney who is black.

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Goofs

When Coleman first gives Faunia a ride to her place, it is raining outside. When he gets out of the car to go inside, the entire windshield is dry and clean as a whistle, even the area that is outside the reach of the wipers.

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When Steena is dancing for the young Silk, her panties change position between shots.

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When Coleman and Faunia are talking in the kitchen, the cigarettes and the lighter on the counter (next to Kidman) keep changing position from scene to scene.

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Quotes

Nelson Primus: How do you know she doesn't want to use you to make up for all that she's lost? Do I represent you in a paternity suit, Coleman? "Give up the girl, Achilles." I took your intro to European lit umpteen years ago as an undergrad. Give her up, and your troubles go away.

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Coleman Silk: You can't make a college without breaking egg heads, and uh, I couldn't write a book called Spooks that didn't sound like the raving of a lunatic.

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Young Coleman Silk: Dance For Me.

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