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Affliction (1998)

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Release Date: December 30, 1998 (Limited)
February 19, 1999
Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense
Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader, Russell Banks
Cast: Wayne Robson, Sean McCann, Brigid Tierney, Holmes Osborne, Marian Seldes, Jim True, Mary Beth Hurt, Willem Dafoe, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte
Studio: Lionsgate
Running Time: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and language.

Wade is the sheriff for a small town, but he is the least secure out of all the people there. He is going through a rough divorce, he is trying to win custody of his daughter, and someone has been shot in the woods, and he isn't sure that it was an accident....

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Most people do not want to grow up to be like their parents, but no one wants to be different more than Wade (Nick Nolte), who was raised under an alcoholic, abusive father (James Coburn). Affliction is the story of how Wade painfully turns into the man he doesn't want to be, and pays the price for it. Full movie review »

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