Movie
Life as a House
Overview
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-10-25
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Line Cinema
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kevin Kline as George Monroe
- Hayden Christensen as Sam Monroe
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Robin Kimball
- Jena Malone as Alyssa Beck
- Mary Steenburgen as Colleen Beck
- Ian Somerhalder as Josh
- Jamey Sheridan as Peter Kimball
- Scott Bakula as Officer Kurt Walker
- Sandra Nelson as Nurse
- Sam Robards as David Dokos
- Mike Weinberg as Adam Kimball
- Scotty Leavenworth as Ryan Kimball
Crew
- Irwin Winkler - Director
- Mark Andrus - Screenplay
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