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The Gift

Year:

2001

Duration:

112 min | USA:111 min

Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Sam Raimi

Awards:

8 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2001-01-19

Filming Locations: Effingham County, Georgia, USA

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $11,827 (USA) (25 December 2000)

Gross: $11,994,719 (USA) (15 April 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Giovanni Ribisi

The Gift

Katie Holmes

The Gift

J.K. Simmons

The Gift

Cate Blanchett

Annabelle 'Annie' Wilson

Keanu Reeves

Donnie Barksdale

Greg Kinnear

Wayne Collins

Hilary Swank

Valerie Barksdale

Michael Jeter

Gerald Weems

Kim Dickens

Linda

Gary Cole

David Duncan

Rosemary Harris

Annie's Granny

Chelcie Ross

Kenneth King

John Beasley

Albert Hawkins

Lynnsee Provence

Mike Wilson

Hunter McGilvray

Miller Wilson

Nathan Lee Lewis

Cornelius

Benjamin Peacock

Tommy

Clay James

Stanley

David Brannen

Ben Wilson

Russell Durham Comegys

Ben Sr.

Janell McLeod

Mrs. Francis

Robby Preddy

Lady #2

Lucky Lawrence

Member of The Souvenirs Band

Boots Kutz

Member of The Souvenirs Band

Buck Edwards

Member of The Souvenirs Band

D.J. Pawlak

Member of The Souvenirs Band

Kipp Chambers

Boy at Dance

Dallas Johnson

Dallas

Stuart Greer

Officer Huggins

Jeff Bragg

Jed Barksdale

Danny Elfman

Tommy Lee Ballard

S.D. Stephens

Deputy on Shore

Samuel E. Parlin Jr.

Deputy in Boat

Ed Reddick

Judge

Rebecca Koon

Buddy's Mother

Erik Cord

Buddy's Father

Cameron Beach

Enforcer for the Barksdales

Sam Edens

Member of Barksdale Clan

Earl Maddox

Barksdale

Shawn McBride

Courtroom gallery (uncredited)

Ray Wineteer

Juror

Yvetta Young

Family Friend

Did you know?

Trivia

Cate Blanchett and Hilary Swank were the 2004 Oscar winners for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively.

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Based on Billy Bob Thornton's own mother's reputed psychic abilities.

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To prepare for her role in this film, Cate Blanchett visited five fortune tellers in one week. One of them told her she needed a bodyguard.

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Goofs

When Buddy Cole has his father tied up and he's going nuts outside their house, there is a part where he slightly turns away (toward the siding of the white house.) That part of his "speech" is voiced over because he's talking, but his lips are not moving.

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When Annie gives a reading for Valerie after the court case, the bottom card is clearly visible to be the wavy lines. However, when Annie begins dealing them out, it has changed to the star.

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When meeting Wayne to talk about her son, Annie is wearing blue and white stripes. Later that day she stops by the auto shop to have Buddy look at her broken car door and is wearing pink. Later still that day, she's back to the blue and white.

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Quotes

Valerie Barksdale: Can you see what I'm thinking? Can you see that in the cards?

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Wayne Collins: Did you know something was gonna happen to your husband?

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Annie: Oh, thank you for the peaches.

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Faq

Why was Buddy Cole so angry about his father? Why did the diamond tattoo scare him?

Buddy's father had been sexually abusing him. Forcing him to perform oral sex. He would have seen the blue diamond when this was happening which is why it scared him.

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