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The Words

Year:
Duration:
102 min
Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Brian Klugman
Awards:
3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2012-09-07
Filming Locations: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Earnings
Budget: $6,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,750,894 (USA) (9 September 2012)
Gross: $11,494,838 (USA) (30 May 2013)
Cast
Actor
Character
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde
The Words
Dennis Quaid
Clay Hammond
John Hannah
Richard Ford
Jeremy Irons
The Old Man
Bradley Cooper
Rory Jansen
Zoe Saldana
Dora Jansen
Vito DeFilippo
New York Apartment Doorman
Lucinda Davis
Vendor
James Babson
Dan Zuckerman
Kevin Desfosses
Rory's Assistant
Ron Rifkin
Timothy Epstein
Brian Klugman
Jason Rosen
Ben Barnes
Young Man
Nora Arnezeder
Celia
Gianpaolo Venuta
Dave Farber
Raphael Grosz-Harvey
Soldier #1
Brent Skagford
Soldier #2
Andrew MacKay
Soldier #3
Zeljko Ivanek
Joseph Cutler
Gloria Cooper
Rory's Mother
Weston Middleton
Nick Weinstein
Lee Sternthal
Brett Cropsey
Holden Wong
Fordham's Assistant
Daniel Gervais
Fordham's Assistant
Anders Yates
Clay Hammond's Assistant
Jean-Marie Montbarbut
Paris Doctor
Robert Paul Chauvelot
Conductor
Leni Parker
Journalist
Sebastien Pilotte
Celia's Husband
Emile Rivard
Celia's Child
David Gow
Hotel Desk Clerk
Kathleen Fee
Woman on the Bus
Keeva Lynk
Cynthia
Jeanie Hackett
Joyce Weinstein
Gordon Masten
Elderly Man
Jude Beny
Elderly Woman
Mark Camacho
Fan
Carly Granovsky
Attendee (uncredited)
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Trivia
The first of two films in which Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana have co-starred, the second being Guardians of the Galaxy two years later.
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When Danielle sits at Clay's desk, she picks up a baseball and he tells her that that specific ball had been once hit by Babe Ruth. At the beginning of the film we see what may be the same baseball on Rory's desk, just behind his laptop. This could be a hint that Clay had used his latest novel ("The Words") as a means of confessing what he himself had done in his youth.
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Rosamund Pike auditioned for the role that went to Olivia Wilde
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Goofs
When Rory and the old man are in the hot house, the old man's left collar button is unbuttoned/buttoned between shots.
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In two different New York scenes we can see trucks from Canada Post .
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The second hand on Rory's watch stops at 40 seconds and does not move when he is drunk in the apartment.
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Quotes
Daniella: I'm young, spoiled, impetuous and American. Humor me.
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The Old Man: He found out sometime later that what she'd actually said was: "Pay your check and get the hell out of here". But who is he to question fate?
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Mr. Jansen: Another part of being a man, no matter how painful it might be, is accepting your own limitations.
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Faq
Q
What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Unrated Extended Cut?
A
Interested customers of the DVD/BD will get an extended version prolonging the theatrical cut by more than 5 minutes. Next to additional story, we can also observe that there was more coarse language to begin with. However, that surely would have meant that the movie got rated R, so it's not surprising that adjustments were made in order to use more harmless terms here. Even more obvious is that the editors tried to reduce the film's runtime to a more cinema-friendly duration by shortening an endless amount of scenes. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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Photos from cast
Liz Stauber Michael McKean J.K. Simmons Olivia Wilde
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