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North Country

Year:

2005

Duration:

126 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Niki Caro

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 17 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-10-21

Filming Locations: Chisholm, Minnesota, USA

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,422,455 (USA) (23 October 2005)

Gross: $18,324,242 (USA) (8 January 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Charlize Theron

North Country

Jillian Armenante

North Country

Amber Heard

North Country

Thomas Curtis

Sammy Aimes

Elle Peterson

Karen Aimes

Frances McDormand

Glory

Sean Bean

Kyle

Woody Harrelson

Bill White

Jeremy Renner

Bobby Sharp

Richard Jenkins

Hank Aimes

Sissy Spacek

Alice Aimes

James Cada

Don Pearson

Rusty Schwimmer

Big Betty

Linda Emond

Leslie Conlin

Michelle Monaghan

Sherry

Brad William Henke

Lattavansky

John Aylward

Judge Halsted

Xander Berkeley

Arlen Pavich

Corey Stoll

Ricky Sennett

Cole Williams

Young Bobby

Bryan Fagerstrom

Mac

Chris Mulkey

Earl Slangley

Arron Shiver

Young Male Doctor (as Aaron Shiver)

Clif Stokes

Good Guy

J.D. Garfield

Porta Guy #1 (as JD Garfield)

Boots Southerland

Guy #2

John Hardman

Guy #3

Forrest Norgaard

Mac's Buddy

Sage Coy

Stacey

Marcus Chait

Wayne

Dennis E. Garber

Real Estate Agent

Alex Layton

Number 3

Jacqueline Wright

Bobby's Wife

Catherine Campion

Stacey's Mom

Tom Bower

Gray Suchett

David Lislegard

Union Member #1

Kurt Peterson

Union Member #2

Pete Pellinen

Union Member #3

Bruce Bohne

Union Member #4

Todd Anderson

Semen Man

Kit Gwin

Larynx Nurse

Patrick McDowell

Priest (as Monsignor Patrick McDowell)

Raye Birk

Tom Motel Clerk

Sally Wingert

Kay Stollman

Katherine Ferrand

Sally Bullavina

Curtis Plagge

Burly Miner

Marc Miles

Digger Driver

J.C. Cutler

Union Rep #1

Gus Lynch

Pete Union Rep

Mark Sivertsen

Bailiff #1

Rand Kennedy

Bailiff #2

Sawyer Clark

Boy in hockey rink parking lot

Ricardo Andres

Miner, Hockey Game Spectator (uncredited)

Wendi Andres

Hockey Game Spectator (uncredited)

Michael Cook

Hockey Fan (uncredited)

Harp Corrigan

TJ's Bar Patron / Miner / Juror (uncredited)

Kyle Falls

Hockey Game Guest, Bar Patron, Plant Worker (uncredited)

Brent Lambert

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Jonathan Lane

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Kayla Laursen

Hockey Game Spectator (uncredited)

Debbie Letteau

Hockey Game Guest (uncredited)

Gerard Maloney

Juror (uncredited)

Mike Miller

Mine Official (uncredited)

Robert Ozasky

Miner (uncredited)

Christine Rapsys

Hockey Fan (uncredited)

Chloe Russell

Upset Woman in Clinic (uncredited)

Ron Smith

Steel Workers Union Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Some of the women standing up in the last courtroom scene were real plaintiffs.

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Because the union meeting crowd's heckling was unscripted, it took Richard Jenkins almost five minutes to quiet them. Theron was so uncomfortable during this scene, she broke out in hives.

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Filming conditions were less than cozy. Minnesota's temperatures rarely rose above freezing.

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Goofs

When Bill White is at the bar the first time, from one angle he appears to be drinking Leineinkugel's Honey Weiss beer. When they change angles, he is drinking some other brand. When they go back to the first angle, he's again drinking Leineinkugel's.

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The nets behind the cage above the glass at the hockey rink were not in use in 1989.

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About 3/4 of the way through the film, a bottle of Tums Ultra is on Josey's kitchen table. Tums Ultra didn't exist in 1989.

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Quotes

Josey Aimes: [testifying] Lady, you sit in your nice house, clean floors, your bottled water, your flowers on Valentine's Day, and you think you're tough? Wear my shoes. Tell me tough. Work a day in the pit, tell me tough.

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Sammy Aimes: That's crap. I got a right.

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Josey Aimes: I've heard of Lou Gehrig, I just never heard about the disease.

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