Monster's Ball with Billy Bob Thornton: DVD Cover
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Monster's Ball Director: Marc Forster Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle

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  • DVD Release Date: 02/18/2003
  • Original Release: 2001
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 18,111

Viewer Rating: (21 ratings)

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Closed Caption; Longer version not seen in theaters; Commentary by Marc Forster and academy award nominated writers Milo Addica and Will Rokos; Cast and crew interviews including an indepth discussion with producer Lee Daniels; Sundance channel presentation of anatomy of a scene; Widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Titles [5:02]
2. Sonny [4:50]
3. No Mistakes [3:57]
4. State Penitentiary [5:07]
5. Everyone Okay [3:14]
6. Drawing [4:41]
7. Last Walk [4:53]
8. What You Did [4:31]
9. Comfort [3:02]
10. Burial [5:36]
11. Resign [4:53]
12. Walking [3:30]
13. My Baby [6:57]
14. You Own It [5:22]
15. Ride Home [7:13]
16. Make Me Feel Good [5:37]
17. Have It [4:23]
18. Your Daddy [7:03]
19. Sent Him Away [3:45]
20. Time to Go [3:22]
21. Comfortable [5:21]
22. Ice Cream [2:38]
23. On the Steps [3:19]
24. End Credits [4:05]

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Editorial Reviews

Director Marc Forster, winner of Best Feature at Slamdance for his debut film Loungers (1996) and the "Someone to Watch" Independent Spirit Award for his indie drama Everything Put Together (2000), follows up those acclaimed projects with this intense, racially charged romance. Billy Bob Thornton stars as Georgia prison guard Hank Grotowski, a hard-drinking racist ex-cop whose father, Buck (Peter Boyle), is dying of emphysema and whose son, Sonny (Heath Ledger), works the execution detail at the prison's death row. When Sonny commits suicide, Hank is devastated and quits his job, spiraling into a deep depression until, one night, he comes to the aid of Leticia (Halle Berry), a beautiful African-American woman whose son, Tyrell (Coronji Calhoun), has been hit by a car. When Tyrell dies, Leticia and Hank find themselves to be unexpected soul mates linked together by tragic grief. It's not long before Hank discovers that Leticia is the widow of Lawrence Musgrove (Sean Combs), the man whose execution by electric chair he and his late son helped to orchestrate. Monster's Ball (2001) is based on a screenplay by actors Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who spent five years developing their script into a feature. Their title refers to the name of an English tradition requiring jailers to throw a party for a condemned man on the night before his death. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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wao,what a movie !!!by yodi

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July 11, 2009: the movie is 4 me ,a emotional movie ,intense ,i have no words to described the performance of hally berry ,and all actor in this movie ...

is a goooddddddddddddddddddd movie .i recomend to everybody

Where did this film go?by Anonymous

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December 16, 2007: Knowing Billy Bob Thorton was in this film, I expected it to have some credible acting and with good reviews, but I found nothing to this credence. The plot is compelling, but it doesn't develop into a story. The acting is good in the beginning, but it doesn't become a performance. The directing was just not there.


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