Dogville

2003
R
2h 58m

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8.0/10

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Gangster Psychological Drama Crime Drama

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

162K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,143

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Awards
- 21 wins & 33 nominations total

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Trivia
Paul Bettany, who only took the part of Tom Edison after being convinced by friend Stellan Skarsgård, later called the making of this movie "hideous" and "a peculiarly unsatisfying experience, because Lars von Trier has no interest in you being any part of the cerebral process with him. You're absolutely his puppet." Despite still being a fan of von Trier's movies in general, Bettany has never watched this movie, and has no intention of ever doing so.

Goofs
Jack refers to the steeple casting a shadow which touches the O of the store's open sign at exactly 5 PM each day. This would actually only occur on a few days each year, as the lengths and positions of shadows are constantly changing through the seasons.

Quotes
Grace: There's a family with kids. Do the kids first and make the mother watch. Tell her you'll stop if she can hold back her tears. I *owe* her that.

Crazy credits
Closing credits play over photographs depicting crime and poverty in the United States.

Alternate versions
To fit the needs of some local distributors, in Italy among others, assistant director Anders Refn cut a version of Dogville which is about 45 minutes shorter than the original. The version was accepted and approved by director Lars von Trier.

Connections
Featured in Trier, Kidman og Cannes (2003)

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Young Americans
Written and Performed by David Bowie
Courtesy of RZO Music, Inc.
Published by Chrysalis Music Limited / EMI Music Publishing Limited / RZO Music Limited
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9/10

Hard to digest, but great.

Tough. Once again Lars von Trier tortures the audience (as he did previously on Dancer in the Dark) by upraising the darkest side of the human being. From the beginning you know that things can only get worse, but I doubt that one can figure out neither what's to come nor the powerful conclusion. Nicole Kidman's interpretation is perfect - intense, poignant, passionate, you name it. She is fantastic and so is the small cast locked inside Dogville's scenario (a wonderful creation - I wonder how something so simple can bring such a strong effect). Again, the entire cast is fantastic and for that goes an extra credit for Lars von Trier. His capability of pushing actors to the limit and extracting painful emotions from them creates a heavy atmosphere, full of tension and, at the same time, so familiar. It is not that Dogville represents the essence of our communities, but it exposes some aspects of our lives that we prefer to hide under the carpet.