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The Sessions

Year:

2012

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Ben Lewin

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 21 wins & 50 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2012-11-16

Filming Locations: San Francisco, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,000,000

Opening Weekend: $113,467 (USA) (21 October 2012)

Gross: $6,002,451 (USA) (14 March 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

John Hawkes

Mark

Helen Hunt

Cheryl

William H. Macy

Father Brendan

Moon Bloodgood

Vera

Annika Marks

Amanda

Adam Arkin

Josh

Rhea Perlman

Mikvah Lady

W. Earl Brown

Rod

Robin Weigert

Susan

Blake Lindsley

Dr. Laura White

Ming Lo

Clerk

Rusty Schwimmer

Joan

Jennifer Kumiyama

Carmen

Tobias Forrest

Greg

Jarrod Bailey

Tony

James Martinez

Matt

Paul MacLean

Young Mark

Phoebe Lewin

Girl on Beach

Jonathan Hanrahan

Unicyclist

Jason Jack Edwards

Waiter (as Jason Jack Edwards)

J. Teddy Garces

Man in Elevator

Daniel Quinn

E.R. Doctor

B.J. Clinkscales

Ambulance Driver

Terry

Cat

Gina-Raye Carter

Pill Nurse (uncredited)

Amanda Jane Fleming

Margaret (uncredited)

Cody Lascala

Patient (uncredited)

Stephane Nicoli

Patient (uncredited)

George F. Watson

Amanda's Husband with Baby (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie is based on the article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" by Mark O'Brien in the May 1990 issue of The Sun magazine.

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This is actually the second Helen Hunt movie in which Hunt plays a married woman involved in an extramarital sexual relationship with a paralyzed man; the first was The Waterdance, released in 1992.

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Actor John Hawkes had to use a cushion under one side of his back in order for him to have the look of Mark O'Brien's arched and distorted spine.

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Goofs

Cheryl's Wacoal bras are circa-2011 makes, including "Embrace Lace Underwire" bra style #65191.

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Rhea Perlman's name is misspelled (Pearlman) in the end credits.

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Quotes

Mark O'Brien: [lying in iron lung] Breathing. Look you. This most excellent canopy, the air, presses down upon me at fifteen pounds per square inch. A dense, heavy, blue glowing ocean, teasing me with its nearness and immensity. And all I get is a thin stream of it. A finger's width of the rope that ties me to life.

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Clerk: Now, come on, what kind of therapist is she?

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Cheryl: You're a fully-fledged male Homo sapien endowed with a handsome and substantial penis, which now has a proven track record.

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