The Woodsman

...he is so used to disappointment at the Oscars. The director was hoping to score a nomination for his 2004 film The Woodsman, which starred Kevin Bacon as a convicted child molester. But he was stunned when the movie, which he produced,...

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...film he produced, Monster's Ball, dealt with an interracial relationship (and won an Oscar for lead Halle Berry) and the second, The Woodsman offered a sympathetic portrayal of a pedophile (played by Kevin Bacon). Harlem resident Sidibe...

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...who went on to produce of such films as MONSTER'S BALL (the film that got Halle Berry her Oscar) and THE WOODSMAN (the film that should have gotten Kevin Bacon one as well). In 2005, Daniels directed his first film, SHADOWBOXER with Helen...

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...and manager. He then decided to produce movies and found financing for several edgy films, including Monster's Ball, which won an Oscar for Halle Berry, and The Woodsman, a stark study of pedophilia starring Kevin Bacon. Daniels' movies,...

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...no bedtime story for kids. The film, starring Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, is about Walter (played by Bacon), a young man who tries to piece his life together after 12 years in prison for child molestation. He gets a job at a...

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...Philadelphia Chickens, on which they sing the title track. Their song "Chop Wood (Carry Water)" is on the soundtrack of the 2004 film The Woodsman, which Kevin produced and starred in. Their song "When You Decide You've Stayed Too Long" is on...

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...child killing, child molesting or child abduction. Mystic River, The Woodsman, Loverboy and Death Sentence were some of the most fascinating and yet the most bleak moments in his career. As a father of two - Travis, 19, and Sosie, 16 -...

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...Films banner and later under the Dash Film banner, have resulted in at least one critically acclaimed film (The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon and Mos Def) and another well-received film, Paid in Full '' (starring Mekhi Phifer). Lesser...

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...Sedgwick and Mos Def, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004. Nominated for three 2005 Independent Spirit Awards, the film received the CICAE Arthouse Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the Deauville...

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