The Shipping News

Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a newspaper inksetter in Poughkeepsie, silently suffering in a marriage of inconvenience to a woman, Petal (Cate Blanchett) who doesn't love him and is keen to put their baby daughter up for adoption. Petal is killed in an accident however, and worse, Quoyle's parents both die fairly soon after in a dual-suicide. At the funeral he meets his aunt (Judi Dench) who persuades him the time is right to move back to his ancestral home, Newfoundland. With his disturbed daughter Bunny (Kaitlyn Gainer) in tow. Despite the isolated and traditional atmosphere of the small village Quoyle forms a relationship with local divorcee Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore) with whose handicapped son Bunny forms a friendship. He soon lands a job reporting the shipping news for a local paper and starts to rediscover a meaning to life, the nascent relationship with Wavey offering hope and redemption.

Special Features

Commentary: Lasse Hallstrom (director)., Documentaries: 'Dive Beneath the Surface'., Image Gallery

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Judi Dench, Larry Pine, Scott Glenn, Gordon Pinsent, Rhys Ifans, Cate Blanchett, Kaitlyn Gainer, Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 107 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English, English

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