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Release Date: March 9, 2012 (Limited)
On DVD: July 24, 2012
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Director: Joseph Cedar
Writer: Joseph Cedar
Cast: Shlomo Bar Aba, Lior Ashkenazi, Alisa Rosen, Alma Zak, Daniel Markovich, Micah Lewesohn, Yuval Scharf, Nevo Kimchi
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Running Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, language and smoking

"Footnote" is the story of a great rivalry between a father and son. Both eccentric professors, they have dedicated their lives to their work. The father seems a stubborn purist who fears the establishment. His son, Uriel, appears to strive on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition. But one day, the tables turn. The two men switch places when the father learns he is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the highest honor for scholarship in the...

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Silent tension erupts between a father and son both nominated for the same prestigious award in the Oscar-nominated foreign film Footnote, a compelling drama that is engaging until it isn't.

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