Rating: R
Genre: Mystery
Theatrical Release: 12/20/2000(USA
Release Date: 07/17/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

Supernatural horror meets character drama in this Sam Raimi-directed thriller. Set in Georgia, the film concerns a widowed mother named Annie (Cate Blanchett) who is blessed with the ability to have psychic visions. When Annie is asked to use her powers to investigate the murder of a rich society girl (Katie Holmes) who was engaged to a local high school principal (Greg Kinnear), she finds her "gift" is as destructive as it is helpful. Many of the townspeople have mixed regard for Annie's abilities, including an abusive husband (Keanu Reeves) and his brutalized wife (Hilary Swank) (the former threatens Annie and her children with taunts that she is a devil) as well as a deeply troubled auto mechanic (Giovanni Ribisi) who may hold a key to the events in question. The Georgia residents soon find themselves all suspects in the investigation, and Annie is forced to confront past demons while still trying to help solve the mystery. The Gift was co-written by Billy Bob Thornton, who appeared in another of Raimi's thrillers, A Simple Plan.

~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Cate Blanchett - Annie Wilson
Giovanni Ribisi - Buddy Cole
Keanu Reeves - Donnie Barksdale
Katie Holmes - Jessica King
Greg Kinnear - Wayne Collins
Hilary Swank - Valerie Barksdale
Michael Jeter - Gerald Weems
Kim Dickens - Linda
Gary Cole - David Duncan
Rosemary Harris - Annie's Granny
J.K. Simmons - Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Chelcie Ross - Kenneth King
John Beasley - Albert Hawkins

Production:
Sam Raimi - Director
Tom Rosenberg James Jacks Gary Lucchesi - Producer
Richard S. Wright - Co Producer
Christopher Young - Composer
Arthur Coburn Bob Murawski - Editor
Billy Bob Thornton Tom Epperson - Screen Writer
Marthe Pineau - Set Designer
Monty Rowan - Additional Cinematography
Grant Curtis - Associate Producer
Deborah Aquila - Casting
Jamie Anderson - Cinematographer
Julie Weiss - Costume Designer
Gregory Goodman - Executive Producer
Robert Tapert - Executive Producer
Sean Daniel - Executive Producer
Ted Tannenbaum - Executive Producer
Eric Heffron - First Assistant Director
Neil Spisak - Production Designer
Monty Rowan - Second Unit Director Of Photography
Marthe Pineau - Set Decorator
Ed Novick - Sound/Sound Designer
Kelly Cabral - Supervising Sound Editor
Bill Taylor - Visual Effects
Illusion Arts - Visual Effects
Syd Dutton - Visual Effects
Jon Title - Supervising Sound Editor

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