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Levity is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ed Solomon released in USA on 16 march 2003 with Billy Bob Thornton
Levity (2003)
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Add to a movie listLevity is a 2003 drama film directed by Ed Solomon. Its theatrical release was on April 4. The score for this film was composed by Mark Oliver Everett of the band Eels. Levity was filmed in Montreal, Canada.
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Manual Jordan, a man who served nearly 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery, is released after serving a life sentence. After spending his time staring at a clipping of Abner Easley, the boy he killed, he returns to the city he used to live in to find redemption. He ends up living at a community house which is run by Miles Evans, a preacher. He offers Manual work so he can pay for the room, and Manual places Abner's photo in his room to remind himself.Actors
Billy Bob Thornton
(Manuel Jordan)
Morgan Freeman
(Miles Evans)
Holly Hunter
(Adele Easley)
Kirsten Dunst
(Sofia Mellinger)
Geoffrey Wigdor
(Abner Easley)
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