The Box (2009 film)

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The Box
Directed by	Richard Kelly
Produced by	Richard Kelly Dan Lin Sean McKittrick
Written by	Screenplay: Richard Kelly Short story: Richard Matheson
Starring	Cameron Diaz James Marsden Frank Langella
Music by	Win Butler Régine Chassagne Owen Pallett
Cinematography	Steven Poster
Editing by	Sam Bauer
Studio	Radar Pictures Media Rights Capital
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	October 30, 2009
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30+ million

The Box is an upcoming horror film based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson. The film is written and directed by Richard Kelly and stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box with a mysterious power. Production began on November 2007 and concluded in February 2008. The film is scheduled for release on October 30, 2009.

Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 3 Production 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Premise

The film is set in Richmond, Virginia in the year 1976. One night, a financially strapped, married couple (Diaz and Marsden) receive a box containing a button. The next morning a mysterious disfigured stranger (Frank Langella), tells them that pushing the button on the box will have two consequences. First someone in the world, whom they don't know will die. And second they will receive $1,000,000. ^[1][2]

[edit] Cast

• Cameron Diaz - Norma Lewis (Wife)
• James Marsden - Arthur Lewis (Husband)
• Frank Langella - Arlington Steward
• Gillian Jacobs - Dana Steward
• James Rebhorn
• Holmes Osborne
• Andrew Levitas - black ops Carson
• Bill Thorpe - NASA administrator

[edit] Production

Director Richard Kelly wrote a script based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson. The project was funded with a budget of over $30 million by Media Rights Capital. Kelly described his intent for the film, "My hope is to make a film that is incredibly suspenseful and broadly commercial, while still retaining my artistic sensibility." Actress Cameron Diaz was cast into the lead role in June 2007.^[3] Most of the filming took place in the Boston, Massachusetts area, with scenes shot in downtown Boston, South Boston, Ipswich, Winthrop, Milton, Medfield, Quincy, Kingston, and North Andover, as well as other localities. Some filming took place on the Milton Academy campus, and a large indoor set was built inside a former Lucent Technologies building in North Andover to recreate a NASA laboratory. The production crew also journeyed to NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., to shoot a number of scenes for the movie. Richard Kelly's father had worked at NASA Langley in the 1970s and 80s.^[4] Many background extras were reused in different scenes, and people with period correct 60s and 70s cars were encouraged to participate. Actor Frank Langella was cast in October 2007, and production began on the film the following month.^[1] Prior to production, actor James Marsden was cast a lead role opposite Diaz.^[2] Production concluded by February 2008.^[5] It was announced in December 2008 that Canadian band Arcade Fire will be providing an original score for the film.^[6]

[edit] See also

• List of American films of 2009
• "Button, Button", episode of The Twilight Zone

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Box at the Internet Movie Database
• The Box at Allmovie

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