A History Of Violence
Crime, Thriller
New Line Home Entertainment  (2005) 96 mins R

In this thrill-packed actioner, a small-town diner owner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of The Rings) finds himself a local hero after he successful takes down two thugs during an attempted robbery. But his sudden celebrity draws unwanted attention from the outside world, including mobsters Carl Fogarty (Academy Award® nominee Ed Harris, A Beautiful Mind) and Richie Cusack (Academy Award® winner William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman), who insist that Tom is intricately tied to their past. Fogarty begins stalking Tom's wife (Maria Bello, The Cooler) and children, resulting in a bloody standoff in which Tom must protect his family from what is either a case of mistaken identity or a violent past that's finally caught up with him....

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Cast and Crew
Viggo Mortensen  ......  Tom Stall
Ed Harris  ......  Carl Fogarty
William Hurt  ......  Richie Cusack
Maria Bello  ......  Edie Stall
Ashton Holmes  ......  Jack Stall
Peter MacNeill  ......  Sheriff Sam Carney
Director  .....  David Cronenberg
Producer  .....  Chris Bender; J.C. Spink; Kent Alterman
Writer  .....  Josh Olson; John Wagner; Vince Locke
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: In the first half of the movie, the door in the living room opens swinging to the right in one scene, then the in another scene, it will open swinging to the left. This alternates back and forth many times. One instance is when Tom calls home to tell his wife to get the shotgun and starts running home. When she goes downstairs the door is open, she shuts it (it was opening with the knob on the right). But when Tom gets home and comes in, it opens with the knob on the left! (more)

Trivia:
Body count: 13 (more)

Filming Locations:
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
William Orser: So we keep headin' east?
Leland Jones: Yeah, that's the idea.
William Orser: Stay out of the big cities?
Leland Jones: Uh-huh.
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 31 nominations (more)