Movie
The Beaver
Overview
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-05-05
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Anonymous Content, Summit Entertainment, Participant, Image Nation Abu Dhabi
- Country
- United Arab Emirates, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mel Gibson as Walter Black
- Jodie Foster as Meredith Black
- Anton Yelchin as Porter Black
- Riley Thomas Stewart as Henry Black
- Jennifer Lawrence as Norah
- Kelly Coffield Park as Norah's Mom
- Zachary Booth as Jared
- Cherry Jones as Vice President
- Jeff Corbett as Volunteer Dad
- Baylen Thomas as Skeptical Man
- Sam Breslin Wright as Man
- Michael Rivera as Hector
Crew
- Jodie Foster - Director
- Kyle Killen - Screenplay
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