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Claim, The (2000)

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Release Date: December 29, 2000 (LA/NY)
April 20, 2001 (Moderate)
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexuality and some language and violence.
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Cast: Royal Sproule, Tom McCamus, Kate Hennig, Shirley Henderson, Artur Ciastkowski, Marie Brassard, Julian Richings, Peter Mullan, Sean McGinley, Sarah Polley, Nastassja Kinski, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley

1849. The Gold Rush has brought a man to a new mining town in the Sierra Nevada, and that man ends up trading his wife and kid for a bag of gold. Twenty years later they return for him, and everything spirals downwards... Read more

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Grade: A Set in a dark world of white, The Claim shows the powerful might of greed, family, and love in a stunning way. Read the full movie review

User Comments & Reviews

FROM CANNES -FRANCE, by n;OLIVIER

May 7, 2004

I think tje film is great; II ENJOYED IT A LOT AND THINK THE ACTORS, MAINLY PETER MULLAN,
MADE A WONDERFULL JOB

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