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Snow Falling on Cedars

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Original title

Snow Falling on Cedars

Year

1999

Running time

122 min.

Country

United States

Director

Scott Hicks

Screenwriter

Ronald Bass, Scott Hicks. Novel: David Guterson

Cast

Music

James Newton Howard

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. II World War. 1940s. Racism. Courtroom Drama / Lawyers

Synopsis

This is the film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by David Guterson. Hawke plays a journalist whose World War II memories come flooding back as he covers a murder trial on a remote Pacific Northwest island. Turns out the man accused of murdering a Washington state fisherman has a Japanese wife who the reporter was once deeply in love with and who he still has the hots for.

Awards: 1999: Nominated for Oscar: Best Cinematography

1999: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Cinematography

1999: Satellite Awards: 5 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"The kind of richly layered film that Hollywood seldom attempts, much less brings off. But it's more than brought off here"

Jay Carr: Boston Globe
"Impeccably crafted but dramatically dull"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Flawed, but fascinating, this somber adaptation of David Guterson's award-winning novel is sometimes sluggish and difficult to follow, but it's also unexpectedly poetic"

Ken Fox: TV Guide
"'Snow Falling on Cedars' does the impossible: It is predictable and confusing at the same time. But it also is a handsomely shot, delicately felt film that has some poignant moments (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

USA Today
"The year's most beautiful movie -- and surely one of the dullest."

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
Has to fight to hold our attention and it doesn't always succeed

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Movies made from serious novels are often ridiculed as unworthy of their sources, but this one may be too worthy -- too reverent, too showy, too earnest."

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times

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Snow Falling on Cedars

1999

Scott Hicks

6.3

(1,801)