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User Rating: 6.4/10 (32,078 votes)
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Overview
Director:
David Koepp
Writers (WGA):
Stephen King (novel)
David Koepp (screenplay)
Release Date:
12 March 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller more
Tagline:
The most important part of a story is the ending. more
Plot Outline:
A writer is accused for plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for "justice." more
Plot Synopsis:
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Plot Keywords:
Psycho Thriller / Mystery Writer / Stalker / Macabre / Mental Breakdown more
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Depp saves the day more
Cast
 (Cast overview, first billed only)

    Johnny Depp    ...     Mort Rainey

    John Turturro    ...     John Shooter

    Maria Bello    ...     Amy Rainey

    Timothy Hutton    ...     Ted Milner

    Charles S. Dutton    ...     Ken Karsch

    Len Cariou    ...     Sheriff Dave Newsome
    Joan Heney    ...     Mrs. Garvey
    John Dunn-Hill    ...     Tom Greenleaf (as John Dunn Hill)

    Vlasta Vrana    ...     Fire Chief Wickersham
    Matt Holland    ...     Detective Bradley
    Gillian Ferrabee    ...     Fran Evans
    Bronwen Mantel    ...     Greta Bowie

    Elizabeth Marleau    ...     Juliet Stoker
    Kyle Allatt    ...     Busboy
    Richard Jutras    ...     Motel Manager
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Secret Window, Secret Garden (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, sexual content and language.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification:
South Korea:15 / Malaysia:18SG / France:U / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Iceland:16 / Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Brazil:14 / Canada:14A / Finland:K-11 / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:IIB (DVD rating) / Netherlands:12 / Norway:15 / Philippines:R-13 / Portugal:M/16 / Singapore:PG / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / UK:12A / USA:PG-13 (certificate #40120) / Greece:K-17
Filming Locations:
Bromont Sur Le Lac, Québec, Canada more
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Company:
Grand Slam Productions more
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Johnny Depp's character's name is Morton Rainey. Toward the end of the movie, this character puchases three items at the grocer's. One of the items is a box of MORTON's salt whose moto is: "When it rains it pours." Thus Morton Rainey. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene of Mort at the hotel driving away in his car, he looks in the left hand mirror which has the words "Objects in this mirror are closer than they appear." In actual fact, that label is only on the right hand mirror in cars, and appears to have been applied to the left hand mirror for the movie using a cheap sticker label. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Mort: [voiceover] Turn around. Turn around. Turn the car around and get the hell out of here. Right now. Don't go back. Do not go back there.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Shortnin' Bread more
FAQ
How does it end?
Why was the audio commentary on the DVD recorded before it hit theaters?
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User Comments
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37 out of 64 people found the following comment useful:-
Depp saves the day, 23 June 2005
6/10
Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

Director David Koepp has written some nice screenplays ('Carlito's Way', 'Panic Room') and I liked his 'Stir of Echoes'. Here he comes with a thriller based on a Stephen King novel that is not very good but has some qualities. The best quality here is another terrific performance from Johnny Depp. No matter what he does, he succeeds in making a film entertaining even when it should not be.

Depp is a writer named Mort Rainey, recently divorced because his wife (Maria Bello) cheated on him. Now he lives in a cottage near a lake, alone, writing his new book. One day a man rings his bell telling Rainey he has stolen one of his stories. Rainy is unaware of this fact and he can prove it; a magazine printed his short story a couple of years before the man, who is named John Shooter (John Turturro), claims he has written his version. Shooter wants to see this magazine before he believes it, causing quite some trouble in the meanwhile.

This is a film with a secret, something we understand pretty soon. I will not reveal it, but most people will come up with an idea and find out they are right. Even though it has a secret it plays too much like a lot of thrillers we have already seen. Interesting performances (Bello is pretty good as the wive too) and some dry humor does not change that. There is one other thing I liked. Koepp payed some good attention to what David Fincher did with his 'Panic Room' screenplay, especially with the camera. There are some great shots here and together with Depp they make sure 'Secret Window' is not wasted.