Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is a 2003 epic period war film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling 1997 novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger with Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jack White, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland, and Ray Winstone in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a wounded deserter from the Confederate army close to the end of the American Civil War, who journeys home to reunite with the woman he loves. The film was a co-production of companies in Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Plot
When North Carolina secedes from the Union on May 20, 1861, the young men of Cold Mountain enlist in the Confederate States Army. Among them is W.P. Inman, a carpenter who has fallen in love with Ada Monroe, a preacher's daughter who had come from Charleston, South Carolina to care for her ailing father. Their courtship is interrupted by the war, but they share their first kiss the day Inman leaves for the army. Ada promises Inman that she will wait for him.
Awards
Cast
- Afemo Omilami
- Alex Hassell
- Brendan Gleeson
- Charlie Hunnam
- Cillian Murphy
- Donald Sutherland
- Eileen Atkins
- Emily Deschanel
- Ethan Suplee
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Jack White
- James Gammon
- James Rebhorn
- Jay Tavare
- Jena Malone
- Jude Law
- Kathy Baker
- Lucas Black
- Melora Walters
- Natalie Portman
- Nicole Kidman
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Ray Winstone
- Renée Zellweger
- Richard Brake
- Robin Mullins
- Taryn Manning
- Tom Aldredge
More details
| author | Anthony Minghella Charles Frazier |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | North Carolina |
| director | Anthony Minghella |
| editor | Walter Murch |
| genre | romance |
| keywords | abandon banjo battle of the crater camp capture cherokee cold mountain confederate home guard confederate states army drown exile fast draw fiddle first kiss grieve hide home guard hunt kill left for dead mandolin married morning one night surround traumatize union union soldier wound young man |
| musicBy | Gabriel Yared |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| producer | Albert Berger Ron Yerxa Sydney Pollack William Horberg |
| productionCompany | Castel Film Romania |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| recordedAt | North Carolina South Carolina |
| theme | war |