Affliction
“Like father like son...?”
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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Cast
30 people
Nick Nolte
Wade Whitehouse
Known for
Cape Fear
The Thin Red Line
Sissy Spacek
Margie Fogg
Known for
Carrie
Castle Rock
James Coburn
Glen Whitehouse
Known for
Monsters, Inc.
The Nutty Professor
Willem Dafoe
Rolfe Whitehouse
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Mary Beth Hurt
Lillian
Known for
The World According to Garp
D.A.R.Y.L.
Jim True-Frost
Jack Hewitt
Known for
The Wire
The Hudsucker Proxy
Marian Seldes
Alma Pittman
Known for
August Rush
Home Alone 3
Holmes Osborne
Gordon LaRiviere
Known for
Donnie Darko
The Box
Brigid Tierney
Jill
Known for
Caillou
Sean McCann
Evan Twombley
Known for
Miracle
Little Bear
Wayne Robson
Nick Wickham
Known for
Cube
Wrong Turn
Eugene Lipinski
J. Battle Hand
Known for
The Recruit
Alice
Paul Schrader Director · Russell Banks Author Michael Brook Composer
Worldwide gross $6.3M · Budget $6M · United States release December 30, 1998
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$6,330,054
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Largo Entertainment
Production
Reisman / Kingsgate Productions
Production
Lions Gate Films
Studio · Production
United States · Canada · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · August 28, 1997
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · December 30, 1998
Limited theatrical
United States
January 18, 1998 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
October 2, 1998 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
February 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Argentina
August 26, 1999 · Theatrical
Australia
September 30, 1999 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 20, 2000 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 15, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Canada
December 18, 1998 · Theatrical
France
February 3, 1999 · Theatrical
Germany
February 12, 1998 · Theatrical
Greece
February 4, 1999 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 9, 1999 · Physical · VHS
Indonesia
March 27, 1999 · Limited theatrical · [Jakarta]
Israel
February 25, 1999 · Theatrical
Italy
April 2, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
June 24, 2000 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Norway
November 27, 1998 · Theatrical
Philippines
May 20, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
September 16, 1998 · Physical · VHS
Spain
May 8, 1998 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 15, 1998 · Physical · VHS
United Kingdom
February 19, 1999 · Theatrical
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