The Shipping News (film)

The Shipping News
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lasse Hallström
Screenplay by	Robert Nelson Jacobs
Based on	The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Produced by	Irwin Winkler Linda Goldstein Knowlton Leslie Holleran
Starring	Kevin Spacey Julianne Moore Judi Dench Scott Glenn Rhys Ifans Pete Postlethwaite Cate Blanchett
Cinematography	Oliver Stapleton
Edited by	Andrew Mondshein
Music by	Christopher Young
Production company	Miramax Films
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date	December 25, 2001 (2001-12-25)
Running time	111 minutes
Countries	United States Canada
Language	English
Budget	$38 million[1]
Box office	$24.6 million[1]

The Shipping News is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Lasse Hallström from a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by E. Annie Proulx. It stars Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Pete Postlethwaite, and Cate Blanchett. It follows an emotionally beaten man who moves with his daughter from Upstate New York to his ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing village.

The film was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on December 25, 2001, by Miramax Films. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $24.6 million worldwide against a $38 million budget. At the 55th British Academy Film Awards, Spacey and Dench were nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively. The film also received two nominations at the 59th Golden Globe Awards and two nominations at the 7th Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture.