Leaves of Grass (film)

Leaves of Grass
A green book cover, the name of the author Walt Whitman has a line through it, with "Edward Norton & Edward Norton" writing above instead. The cover includes Polaroid photographs of two men who look very alike, although one has a beard and long hair and the other is clean shaven. Below the photographs are bullets and a packet of cigarette rolling papers.
Promotional poster
Directed byTim Blake Nelson
Written byTim Blake Nelson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoberto Schaefer
Edited byMichelle Botticelli
Music byJeff Danna
Production
company
Distributed byMillennium Films
Release dates
  • September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) (TIFF)
  • September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[1]
Box office$1,018,753[1]

Leaves of Grass is a 2009 American black comedy film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson. It stars Edward Norton as twin brothers, alongside Richard Dreyfuss, Nelson, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Lynskey and Keri Russell.

Set in Nelson's home state of Oklahoma, most of the film was actually filmed in northwestern Louisiana, which was selected for its generous film production incentives. A few scenes were filmed in Tulsa.[2][3]

Leaves of Grass was featured at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival,[4] and had a limited domestic release by First Look Studios on just six screen April 2, 2010.[5] It failed to impress at the domestic box office, earning a meager US$70,066 in ticket sales against a production budget of US$9,000,000.[6] Critical reception was slightly positive, but mixed.[7] The film fared much better internationally, earning US$948,687.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Leaves of Grass (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  2. ^ Triplett, Gene (October 13, 2010). "Tim Blake Nelson goes to comic, tragic extremes with 'Leaves of Grass". The Oklahoman. Retrieved June 15, 2017. "I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana," Nelson said. "It's up to Oklahoma to remain competitive with tax incentives. That's what's pulling movies to these states."
  3. ^ Pierce, Nev (March 26, 2011). "Edward Norton–not appearing in a cinema near you". The Guardian. London. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Evans, Ian (2009). "Leaves of Grass premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival". DigitalHit.com. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ Thompson, Anne (August 20, 2010). "Leaves of Grass Gets A Theatrical Release After All". Indiewire.
  6. ^ "Leaves of Grass: Movie Details". the-numbers.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference rotten was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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