A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.A story of slavery, set in the southern U.S. in the 1930s.
- Awards
- 1 win & 16 nominations
Doña Croll
- Venus
- (as Dona Croll)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaWhen co-producer Vibeke Windeløv went to the U.S. for casting, she got a tip that Danny Glover might be interested. She immediately flew to a hotel in Salt Lake City to meet up with him. After a long talk about the project, Glover asked her for a copy of Dogville (2003). She gave him a portable DVD player with it, and left him for the night. At 6:00 a.m., Glover called her hotel room and said she had to come immediately because the DVD player's battery had run out twenty minutes before the end of the movie. She rushed to his room with a charger, and after he'd watch it through, he said yes on the spot.
- GoofsWhen Stanley Mays talks to the person loading the truck, that person takes off his hat and apologizes to him. In the close up, he has his hat back on. In the next shot it is in his hands again.
- Quotes
Grace Margaret Mulligan: There's nothing to be afraid of. We've taken all of the family's weapons.
Wilhelm: No. I'm afraid of what will happen now. I feel we ain't ready - for a completely new way of life. At Manderlay we slaves took supper at seven. When do people take supper when they're free? We don't know these things.
- Crazy creditsAn official Danish, Swedish, French, British, German and Dutch co-production in accordance with the 1992 European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Road to Manderlay (2005)
- SoundtracksYoung Americans
Written and Performed by David Bowie
Courtesy of RZO Music, Inc.
Published by Chrysalis Music Limited
EMI Music Publishing Limited / RZO Music Limited
Featured review
In retrospect, we shoulda seen the Nazi thing coming
"Hey, we've decided to basically do Dogville again, with the same kind of staging and storyline."
"Cool, I loved Dogville."
"And it's going to be about a slave plantation and be a critique of white liberal paternalism."
"Sweet."
"Except we can't get Nicole Kidman again so we'll have Bryce Dallas Howard playing the main character instead."
"Well, that's a... pretty significant downgrade, but I guess it's not fatal."
"As the movie goes along we'll have her become a part of the community as they struggle through their first year of independence, dealing with lots of challenges. And they'll be all these times when she jumps to conclusions about something that seems evil and then later it seems necessary."
"That sounds like it could be pretty powerful, if a bit didactic."
"So in the end the natural conclusion is that she finds out that the slavery was actually beneficial for all of the blacks and actually instituted by them to keep everyone in a place that made them happy."
"...wait, what?"
"And the proud African caricature who's been in the film for the last two hours will turn out to be a drinking, gambling, lying 'pleasin' n*****' who needs to be whipped for his own good!"
"You know, this film is starting to sound pretty racist."
"We can't be racist! We're Europeans critiquing America!"
"Yeah, whatever. Well, you almost had me there."
"Cool, I loved Dogville."
"And it's going to be about a slave plantation and be a critique of white liberal paternalism."
"Sweet."
"Except we can't get Nicole Kidman again so we'll have Bryce Dallas Howard playing the main character instead."
"Well, that's a... pretty significant downgrade, but I guess it's not fatal."
"As the movie goes along we'll have her become a part of the community as they struggle through their first year of independence, dealing with lots of challenges. And they'll be all these times when she jumps to conclusions about something that seems evil and then later it seems necessary."
"That sounds like it could be pretty powerful, if a bit didactic."
"So in the end the natural conclusion is that she finds out that the slavery was actually beneficial for all of the blacks and actually instituted by them to keep everyone in a place that made them happy."
"...wait, what?"
"And the proud African caricature who's been in the film for the last two hours will turn out to be a drinking, gambling, lying 'pleasin' n*****' who needs to be whipped for his own good!"
"You know, this film is starting to sound pretty racist."
"We can't be racist! We're Europeans critiquing America!"
"Yeah, whatever. Well, you almost had me there."
- wandereramor
- Dec 16, 2011
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- Also known as
- The Film 'Manderlay' as Told in Eight Straight Chapters
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- Budget
- $14,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $78,378
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,117
- Jan 29, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $674,918
- Runtime2 hours 19 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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