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Monster's Ball

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Sean Combs View All


Crew

Marc Forster (Director), Milo Addica (Screenplay), Will Rokos (Screenplay) View All

Release: Nov. 11th, 2001
Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to confusion and new ideas for the two unlikely lovers.
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2 Monster's Ball
DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU WANT TO KNOW DETAILS ABOUT THE FILM. STOP HERE. I am a huge Thornton fan. Considering this film was critically acclaimed and it seemed to be the type of drama...
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I've just seen "Monster's Ball" and found it different........I liked it...............found it to be a hauntingly compelling look at prejudice and racism...............emotionally draining ...

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dadgumblah
In the movie, Billy Bob Thornton plays a racist prison guard who works on Death Row, and Heath Ledger is his sensitive son who has started to work with his father.
Gideon58
The film is famous for a surprisingly graphic sex scene between Thornton and Berry that is expertly edited and performed by the stars and, for my money, one of the most realistic sex scenes I have ever witnessed.


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