Manderlay
Manderlay is a 2005 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second and final part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan. Lauren Bacall, Željko Ivanek, Jeremy Davies, and Chloë Sevigny return portraying different characters from those in Dogville. Only John Hurt, Udo Kier, and Jean-Marc Barr reprise their roles. The film was internationally co-produced with seven different European countries.
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| Directed by | Lars von Trier |
| Written by | Lars von Trier |
| Produced by | Vibeke Windeløv |
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| Narrated by | John Hurt |
| Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle |
| Edited by | Molly Marlene Stensgård |
| Music by | Joachim Holbek |
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| Distributed by | Distributionsselskabet (Denmark) Nordisk Film (Denmark; through Nordisk-Constantin-Fox) Sony Pictures Releasing (Sweden) A-Film Distribution (Netherlands) Les films du losange (France) Neue Visionen (Germany) Metrodome Distribution (United Kingdom) 01 Distribution (Italy) |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $14.2 million |
| Box office | $675,000 |
The staging is very similar to Dogville, which was shot on a sparsely dressed sound stage akin to black box theater. As in the case of Dogville, Manderlay's action is confined to a small geographic area, in this case a plantation. The film is dedicated in memory of a French film producer, Humbert Balsan (1954-2005).