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In the Bedroom is a 2001 movie directed by Todd Field and starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, and William Mapother. It is dedicated to Andre Dubus and based on his short story "Killings".

The movie was praised for the taut storytelling, strong direction and the acting performances of the main characters.

In the Bedroom was nominated for the following Academy Awards:

Best Picture
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Published
Actor in a Leading Role
(Wilkinson)
Actress in a Leading Role
(Spacek)
Actress in a Supporting Role
(Tomei)

Synopsis

The movie is set in a sleepy fishing town in Maine, USA. The plot concerns a twenty-something man, Frank Fowler (Stahl), who is in love with an older woman with kids, Natalie Strout (Tomei). Fowler is going to college for architecture, but contemplating staying in town, working in the fishing industry to be near Natalie. Natalie's ex-husband, Richard Strout (Mapother) is violent, and midway through the movie he kills Fowler during a confrontation at Natalie's house. Richard is set free on bail which causes Fowler's parents, Dr. Matt Fowler (Wilkinson) and Ruth Fowler (Spacek) to become increasingly angry at seeing Richard running around town. Later their anger increases when they learn because of the a lack of a direct witness to their son's shooting, their son's killer gets off on a lesser charge since the district attorney may have difficulty in proving that Richard killed their son intentionally, as opposed to accidentally during a struggle (the defense likely argument). Later, Dr. Fowler, believing that the court system cannot bring justice for his son, hatches a plan with a friend to abduct and kill Richard. The title refers to the interior of a lobster trap and the fact that it can only hold up to two lobsters before they turn on each other.

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