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A History of Violence
- Director: David Cronenberg
- Release Date: 30 September 2005 (USA)
- Run Time: 96 min
- Country: USA , Germany
- Genre: Crime , Drama , Thriller
- MPAA: Rated R for strong brutal violence, graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use.
Watch movie: A History of Violence (2005)
Tagline: Everyone has something to hide.
Trivia: Thomas Jane and Harrison Ford turned down the role of Tom Stall.
Goofs: Continuity: When Sam the Sheriff comes to the house for the second time (after the second batch of killings), he parks diagonally at the beginning of the driveway, essentially blocking the entrance to the driveway. He and Tom/Joey go into the house to talk, and while they are talking, Edie pulls into the garage, parks and comes into the house. She could not have pulled into the garage with the Sheriff's car blocking the driveway.
"This is the story of a mild-mannered man, named Tom Stall, who becomes a local hero through an act of violence, he lives a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana. But one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals. Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who wronged him in the past. As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result."