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The Pledge (2001)

The Pledge Directed by
Sean Penn

Writing credits (WGA)
Friedrich D�rrenmatt (book)
Jerzy Kromolowski (screenplay) ...
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Genre: Drama / Crime / Mystery / Thriller (more)

Tagline: Detective Jerry Black has made a promise he can't break, to catch a killer he can't find.

Plot Outline: A retiring police chief pledges to catch the killer of a young child. (more) (view trailer)

User Comments: Fabulous - didn't want it to end! (more)

User Rating: *******___ 6.8/10 (11,620 votes) Vote Here

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patricia Clarkson .... Margaret Larsen
Benicio Del Toro .... Toby Jay Wadenah
Dale Dickey .... Strom
Wendy Donaldson .... Resort Owner (as Wendy Morrow Donaldson)
Adrien Dorval .... Sheriff (as P. Adrien Dorval)
Aaron Eckhart .... Stan Krolak
Shawn Henter .... Bus Driver
Kathy Jensen .... Store Clerk
Taryn Knowles .... Ginny Larsen
Nels Lennarson .... Hank
Costas Mandylor .... Monash Deputy
J.J. McColl .... Real Estate Agent
Gordon May .... Criminologist #1
Gardiner Millar .... Deputy #3
Helen Mirren .... Doctor
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MPAA: Rated R for strong violence and language.
Runtime: 124 min / Argentina:123 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe)
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification: Australia:M (TV rating) / Argentina:16 / Australia:MA (cable rating) / Australia:R (original rating) / Brazil:16 / Finland:K-15 / France:-12 / Germany:12 / Hungary:14 / Italy:T / Netherlands:16 / Norway:15 / Peru:14 / Portugal:M/12 / South Korea:15 (video premiere) / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) / UK:15 / USA:R

Trivia: The name of the boat Jack Nicholson's character fishes from is called "Sweet Lorraine". Lorraine is the name of both Nicholson's sister and his daughter (with Rebecca Brousard). (more)

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Jerry reads Chrissy a bedtime story, it is supposed to be night time (in fact in the next scene, when Jerry goes outside, it is dark); however, bright sunlight can clearly be seen coming through the cracks around the window blind. (more)

Quotes:
[after informing the Larsens of their daughter's murder]
Margaret Larsen: There can't be such devils out there.
Jerry Black: There *are* such devils.
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Awards: 6 nominations (more)
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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Fabulous - didn't want it to end!, 24 January 2001
10/10
Author: astridlee from Denver, Colorado

Sean Penn proves himself a first-rate director who gets moving, deep performances out of all his actors. And what a supporting cast - in addition to Nicholson (at his most subtle, something he doesn't always do), there's Harry Dean Stanton, Benecio Del Toro, Tom Noonan, Vanessa Redgrave, Robin Wright Penn, the list goes on and on with the best charactor actors around. Del Toro does something completely different once again. The story is very moving and almost at the level of a Greek tragedy. Beautifully shot and edited with good use of score. The best drama I've seen in quite a while.

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Danish references?jesperthomsen
So who killed the girls? I must knowrich-106
title song, need helperlummis
I Never Thought the End Was Entirely Pessimisticbillyfsu20
Not really such a downbeat ending...flicky-3
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