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The Broken Giant is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 1998 with John Glover

The Broken Giant (1998)

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Released in USA 1 january 1998
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.123473.123473.123473.123473.12347

The Broken Giant is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Estep Nagy and starring John Glover, Brooke Smith, and Will Arnett. It is meditative in style, with long silences and highly composed photography, released in 1998 and was acquired by the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 2000. The soundtrack was released as Songs Put Together For (The Broken Giant) by Will Oldham in 1996.

Synopsis

A young minister in a small town who gives sanctuary at his church to a girl who mysteriously arrives, out of breath and apparently running from something or somebody.

Actors

John Glover

(Bennett Hale)
Brooke Smith

(Rosemary Smith)
Will Arnett

(Ezra Caton)
Chris Noth

(Jack Frey)
George Dickerson

(Thomas Smith)
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