The Beaver
He's here to save Walter's life.
- 2011
- Rated PG-13
- 1h 31m
- Drama
Rating: 6.4 out of 10TMDB(966 votes)
Overview
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
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Box office
Grossed $971K worldwide against a $21M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in New York City
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Music
Music by Marcelo Zarvos
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hagen Bogdanski
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Kyle KillenScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 5, 2011
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $21M
- Revenue
- $970.8K
- Countries
- United Arab Emirates, United States of America
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Cast
Mel GibsonWalter Black
Jodie FosterMeredith Black
Anton YelchinPorter Black
Riley Thomas StewartHenry Black
Jennifer LawrenceNorah
Kelly Coffield ParkNorah's Mom
Zachary BoothJared
Cherry JonesVice President
Jeff CorbettVolunteer Dad
Baylen ThomasSkeptical Man
Sam Breslin WrightMan- Michael RiveraHector
Kris ArnoldWaiter
Elizabeth KaledinReporter
Matt LauerMatt Lauer
Jon StewartJon Stewart
Terry GrossTerry Gross
Folake OlowofoyekuNurse
Lorna Guity PruceNurse
Bill MassofProsthetic Technician
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