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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...
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Monster's Ball: Directed by Marc Forster. With Billy Bob Thornton, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Heath Ledger. After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed.
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Hank Grotowski, a widower, and his son, Sonny, are correction officers in a Georgia prison. They reside with Hank's father, Buck, an ailing, bigoted retired correction officer whose wife died by suicide. When Willie and Darryl Cooper, friends of Sonny's who are blackcome by the house, Hank frightens them off with a shotgun at the behest of Buck. Ha...
Development
The basis for this film came from the desire of actors-turned-writers Addica and Rokos to make a script that would interest a big star alongside themselves with Harvey Keitel in mind since he liked the latter's writing when offered one of their scripts. They were inspired by their troubled relationships with their fathers as a starting point that eventually led to a generational tale about executioners, which eventually led to the inspiration for the title (an old term for the last meal of a...
Filming
Principal photography began in May 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana and lasted for five weeks. A week before production, Sean Combs auditioned for the role of Lawrence Musgrove, and won it. At one point, the production moved to the fields, cellblocks and death houses of Louisiana State Penitentiaryfor a week to shoot prison interiors and exteriors, with some scenes shot in actual death chambers.
The film received mostly positive reviews, with Berry's performance being widely acclaimed. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 121 of 143 reviews were positive, giving the film a score of 85% with an average rating of 7.34/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Somber and thought provoking, Monster's Ball has great performa...
Monster's Ball at IMDbMonster's Ball at AllMovieMonster's Ball at Rotten TomatoesMonster's Ball at Box Office MojoIt is the story of Hank (Academy Award winner, Billy Bob Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row who begins an unlikely but emotionally charged affair with Leticia (Academy Award winner, Halle Berry), the wife of a man under his watch on The Row.
Monster's Ball. 2001 · 1 hr 52 min. R. Drama. Gritty drama about a death row prison guard who falls into an unlikely and torrid affair with the emotionally distraught wife of one of his prisoners. Subtitles: English. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton Halle Berry Heath Ledger Mos Def Peter Boyle. Directed by: Marc Forster.
