The Shipping News

Drama, Romance

Kevin Spacey	Quoyle
Cate Blanchett	Petal Bear
Julianne Moore	Wavey Prowse
Judi Dench	Agnis Hamm
Pete Postlethwaite	Tert Card
Scott Glenn	Jack Buggit
Rhys Ifans	Beaufield Nutbeem
Gordon Pinsent	Billy Pretty
Jason Behr	Dennis Buggit
Larry Pine	Bayonet Melville

Director	Lasse Hallstrom; Lasse Hallström
Producer	Irwin Winkler; Rob Cowan; Stephen P. Dunn
Writer	Robert Nelson Jacobs; Annie Proulx

Quoyle’s (Kevin Spacey) life is in shambles. Both of his parents committed suicide, his wife ran off with her lover after selling their daughter to a child pornographer and then died in a car crash. After the police return his daughter, he decides to start a new life by returning to his ancestral home in Newfoundland. There, he finds work as a journalist and begins reporting on the ships in the harbor. Slowly but surely, Quoyle adjusts to life in Newfoundland and begins to make friends with the locals. He builds a relationship with Wavey Prouse (Julianne Moore). He learns a lot about himself and his family’s history. Will his life continue to improve, or will it be torn apart in the storm?