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The box / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital, a Darko Entertainment production, a Richard Kelly film ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly and Dan Lin ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Kelly.
Norma and Arthur Lewis are a suburban couple with a young child. After Arthur losses his job, they receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. Arlington Steward is a mysterious stranger who delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, by pressing this button it will simultaneously cause the death of another person somewhere in the world, someone they don't know. With 24 hours to decide, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (115 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., [2013]
- Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
- Copyright: ♭2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Based upon the short story "Button, button" by Richard Matheson. Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 2009. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribers. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Owen Pallett. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne. |
| Target Audience Note: | CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | French language version also available. |
| System Details Note: | Content available as a streaming video. |
| Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 16, 2015). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Dilemma > United States > Drama. Ethics > United States > Drama. Married people > Conduct of life > Drama. Wooden boxes > United States > Drama. |
| Genre: | Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Horror films. Science fiction films. Streaming video. Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
