The Shipping News is a 2001 drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by E. Annie Proulx. It stars Kevin Spacey as the protagonist Quoyle, Judi Dench as Agnis Hamm and Julianne Moore as Wavey Prowse. It also stars Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Cate Blanchett, Jason Behr, and Gordon Pinsent. The film makes a multitude of changes from the book, notably: Quoyle had two daughters in the novel, but only one in the film; in the film he does not begin working as a reporter until after arriving in Newfoundland; and a number of characters,... such as the younger Buggit family, were deleted or merged. It climaxes with a storm which destroys the Quoyle's ancestral family home and almost drowns the Gammy Bird's editor Jack Buggit, caught in the rope of a lobster pot while fishing. Buggit is thought to have drowned but is actually in a state of shock resulting from hypothermia. He regains consciousness during his wake in front of a large crowd of mourners, central to the theme of rebirth in the optimistic ending of the story.
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| Release date: | December 25, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Lasse Hallström |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Irwin Winkler, Leslie Holleran, Rob Cowan, Linda Goldstein Knowlton |
| Editor: | Andrew Mondshein |
| Music by: | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography: | Oliver Stapleton |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Nelson Jacobs |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Shipping News |