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The Night Listener

2006 91 min English R

“You never know who's listening.”

In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.

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Cast

15 people

Patrick Stettner Director · Armistead Maupin Author

Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $4M · United States release August 4, 2006

Box office

Budget

$4,000,000

Worldwide gross

$10,639,686

Gross vs. budget

2.7×

Production

I

IFC Films

Production

F

Fortissimo Films

Production

H

Hart-Sharp Entertainment

Production

M

Miramax

Studio · Production

Netherlands · United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

United States · January 21, 2006

Premiere · Sundance Film Festival

United States · August 4, 2006

Theatrical

Australia

March 15, 2007 · Theatrical

Brazil

December 14, 2006 · Theatrical

Bulgaria

January 4, 2007 · Theatrical

Canada

August 3, 2006 · Theatrical

Finland

January 9, 2007 · Physical · DVD

Germany

February 12, 2006 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival

February 12, 2006 · Theatrical

October 24, 2007 · Physical · DVD

Greece

May 1, 2007 · Physical · DVD

Hungary

February 12, 2007 · Physical · DVD

Iceland

December 27, 2006 · Physical · DVD

Ireland

September 13, 2006 · Theatrical

Israel

September 13, 2006 · Theatrical

Italy

January 11, 2007 · Theatrical

January 12, 2007 · Theatrical

Mexico

October 14, 2006 · Premiere · Morelia Film Festival

November 30, 2006 · Theatrical

Netherlands

April 15, 2007 · Physical · DVD

Poland

February 8, 2007 · Theatrical

Portugal

November 7, 2006 · Theatrical

Russia

March 5, 2008 · TV

Singapore

September 26, 2006 · Theatrical

Spain

February 22, 2007 · Theatrical

Sweden

March 26, 2007 · Physical · DVD

Türkiye

October 5, 2006 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

April 18, 2006 · Physical

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