Closer
Directed by	Mike Nichols
Written by	Patrick Marber (play & screenplay)
Starring	Jude Law Clive Owen Natalie Portman Julia Roberts
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Release date(s)	December 3, 2004 (USA)
Running time	98 min.
Language	English
Budget	$27 million[1]
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Closer is a 2004 film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning play of the same name. It was directed by Mike Nichols and stars Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, and Jude Law in a story involving infidelity, intimacy and sacrifice. Download high resolution version (485x721, 54 KB)Movie poster of Closer. ... Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American film actress and former fashion model. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Julia_Roberts_Jude_Law_Closer. ... Image File history File links Julia_Roberts_Jude_Law_Closer. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... Closer is the second play written by Patrick Marber. ... Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ... Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American film actress and former fashion model. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... Look up infidelity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Definition Intimacy is complex in that its meaning varies from relationship to relationship, and within a given relationship over time. ... Marcus Aurelius and members of the Imperial family offer sacrifice in gratitude for success against Germanic tribes: contemporary bas-relief, Capitoline Museum, Rome For other uses, see Sacrifice (disambiguation). ...

The film, like the play on which it is based, has been seen by some as a modern and tragic version of Mozart's opera Così fan tutte, with references to that opera in both the plot and the soundtrack.^[2] “Mozart” redirects here. ... Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...

Clive Owen starred in the 1997 play Closer as "Dan", the role assumed by Jude Law in the film.

The film was recognized with a number of awards and nominations, including Oscar nominations for both Portman and Owen for their performances in supporting roles. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

Synopsis

In the opening scene, a twenty year old Alice Ayres, (played by Portman), and Dan Woolf, (played by Law), see each other for the first time from opposite sides of a street, as they are walking toward each other amongst many other rush hour pedestrians. Alice is a young American stripper who just arrived in London, and Dan is an unsuccessful British author who is on his way to work, where he writes obituaries for a newspaper. Alice looks in the wrong direction as she is crossing the street and is hit by a taxi cab right in front of Dan's eyes. He rushes over. She smiles to him and says, "Hello, stranger." He takes her to a hospital and afterward, on the way to his office, they stop by Postman's Park, the same park that he and his father visited after his mother's death. Pausing in front of the office before he leaves her and goes to work, he asks her for her name. They soon become lovers. For other uses, see Rush hour (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Striptease (disambiguation). ... Obituary for World War I death An obituary is a notice of the death of a person, usually published in a newspaper, written or commissioned by the newspaper, and usually including a short biography. ... For specific countries see Taxicabs around the world. ... The tiles are under the canopy on the right of this picture Some of the tiles Postmans Park is a small green memorial garden in the City of London. ...

A year later, though the two are in a relationship, Dan is straying. He has written a novel based on Alice's life and while being photographed to publicize it, he flirts with the American photographer, Anna Cameron (Roberts). Anna shares a kiss with Dan before finding out that Dan and Alice are in a relationship. Alice arrives and later overhears them talking about it, and asks Dan to leave her alone with Anna so that she may have her portrait taken as well. While being photographed, she reveals to Anna that she overheard them, and is photographed weeping. Alice does not reveal what she overheard to Dan, even as he spends a year stalking Anna, who resists. Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ...

A year later, Dan enters an Internet cybersex chat room and randomly meets Larry Gray (Owen), a British dermatologist. With Anna still on his mind, Dan pretends to be her, and using the pretense that they will be having sex, Dan convinces Larry to meet at the aquarium (where Anna told Dan she often went). Larry goes to the meeting place, only to be made a fool of. Anna tells Larry that a man who had pursued her, Dan, was most likely to blame for the setup. Soon, Anna and Larry become a couple and they refer to Dan as "Cupid" from then on. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A chat room or chatroom is a term used primarily by mass media to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing. ... Dermatology (from Greek δερμα, skin) is a branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its appendages (hair, ass, sweat glands etc). ... It has been suggested that Cupid (holiday character) be merged into this article or section. ...

Alice meets Larry at Anna's exhibition.

Four months later, at Anna's photo exhibition,^[3] Larry meets Alice, whom he recognizes from the tearful photograph that is one of many being exhibited. Larry knows that Alice and Dan are a couple, from talking to Anna. Meanwhile, Dan convinces Anna to become involved with him. They begin cheating on their respective lovers for a year, even though Anna and Larry become married halfway through the year. Eventually Anna and Dan each confess the affair to their respective partners, leaving their relationships for one another. Image File history File links Natalie_Portman_Clive_Owen_Closer. ... Image File history File links Natalie_Portman_Clive_Owen_Closer. ...

Alice goes back to being a stripper, heartbroken by her loss. One day, Larry runs into her accidentally at the strip club, (although the viewer of the film can't be sure that it was an accidental encounter), and he is convinced that she is the girl he met before. He asks her if her name is Alice, but no matter how much money he gives her, she keeps telling him her name is "Jane Jones". He asks her to have a one-night stand with him but she refuses. The line of questioning become pornographic when Larry asks Alice: "What does your cunt taste like?" Alice replies with a laugh: "Like heaven." Larry then demands: "Alice, tell me one thing that is the truth?" Alice replies with a smile: "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off," ..., "but it's better if you do." The full irony of Alice's response is not apparent until the conclusion of the film. Look up one-night stand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... Cunt is an English language vulgarism most commonly used in reference to vulva or vagina and, more generally, the pubis, from the mons veneris to the perineum. ... For other uses, see Heaven (disambiguation). ... “Ironic” redirects here. ...

Eventually, Larry convinces Anna to see him one last time; she agrees to sleep with him, so that he will sign the divorce papers and leave her alone. Dan guesses and Anna confesses it to Dan, who takes it badly. Anna returns to Larry. Distraught, Dan confronts Larry to try and get Anna back. Instead, Larry tells him Alice's whereabouts, and suggests that he go back to her. However, out of malice, he also tells him that he had a one-night stand with her, as Dan is about to leave the room he calls him back and says, "I lied to you, I did fuck Alice...I'm just not big enough to forgive you".

Alice takes Dan back. When Dan asks her whether she had a one-night stand with Larry, she initially denies it. But when he insists on the truth, she suddenly tells him that she doesn't love him anymore and goes on to say that she did sleep with Larry. Dan then reveals that Larry had already told him about the one-night stand but that he's already forgiven her. She insists that it's over and tells him to leave. This leads to a heated argument ending with Alice spitting in Dan's face saying that she is no one and Dan replying with a slap.

In the end, Alice returns to New York. Passing through the immigration checkpoint on her way back into the United States, it is revealed through a shot of her passport that her real name is indeed Jane Rachel Jones and that she had lied about her name for the duration of her four-year relationship with Dan. For Microsoft Corporation’s “universal login” service, formerly known as Microsoft Passport Network, see Windows Live ID. For other types of travel document, see Travel document. ...

Back in London, Dan returns to Postman's Park, and to his surprise, notices the name "Alice Ayres" on a plaque that is dedicated to a girl, "who by intrepid conduct," and at the cost of her young life, saved three children. The final scene shows Alice/Jane walking towards West 47th Street, in Manhattan, where passers-by are turning their heads staring at her, stunned at her beauty; a scene symmetrical with the opening scene, where Alice/Jane and Dan are staring at each other on the streets of London. It is a street in New York City. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ...

Box office

The film was released on December 3, 2004, in the United States. Closer opened in limited release, but theatre count was increased after the film was released. The film was domestically a financial success, grossing $33,987,757.^[1] Huge success followed in the international market, where the film grossed an additional $81,517,270, accounting for over 70% of its worldwide gross, which turned out to be $115,505,027. It was considered a great success at the box office as its actual production budget was only $27 million.^[1] is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Blu-ray Release

Closer was released exclusively on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc on May 22, 2007. A blank rewritable Blu-ray disc (a BD-RE) A Blu-ray Disc (also called BD) is a high-density optical disc format for the storage of digital information, including high-definition video. ...

Awards and nominations

The film won the following awards:

The film was nominated for the following awards: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... The Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) is a non-profit organization, composed of selected print, television and internet film critics in the Las Vegas area. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... 75th National Board of Review Awards December 1, 2004 The 75th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given on 1 December 2004. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American film actress and former fashion model. ... 70th New York Film Critics Circle Awards December, 2004 The 70th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given in December 2004 by the New York Film Critics Circle. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... 8th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 21, 2004 The 2004 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society, honored the best in film for 2004. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... 8th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2004 The 8th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on 16 December 2004. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ...

Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... The American Screenwriters Association™ (ASA) is the worlds leading professional association organized for educational purposes, including the promotion and encouragement of the art and craft of screenwriting. ... 4th Discover Screenwriting Award The 4th Discover Screenwriting Award, given by the American Screenwriters Association, honored the best screenwriter(s) of 2004. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American film actress and former fashion model. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky) is an Academy Award winning movie director of films such as The Graduate and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was born on November 6, 1931 in Berlin, to a Jewish Russian family. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ... David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American film actress and former fashion model. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) , the professional association for film journalists, scholars and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays exclusively or primarily in the online media. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... 9th Golden Satellite Awards January 23, 2005 Best Film - Drama: Hotel Rwanda Best Film - Musical or Comedy: Sideways The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Natalie Portman (Hebrew: נטלי פורטמן; born June 9, 1981) is a Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated Israeli-American actress. ... John Bloom was a British entrepreneur who headed the Rolls Razor company in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... Patrick Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English playwright, director, actor and Academy Award nominated screenwriter. ... 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References In Music

• More recently, lines from "Closer" have been used in songs from bands like Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy. A line spoken by Natalie Portman's character ("Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, but it's better if you do.") was broken up into titles for Panic! at the Disco's songs "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" and "But It's Better If You Do", from their album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out.

• Fall Out Boy also included quotes in songs from their album Infinity On High. On "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" the line "he tastes like you, only sweeter" is used in the chorus. In the B-side track "G.I.N.A.S.F.S." (Gay Is Not A Synonym For Shitty), the song opens up with the line "I've loved everything about you that hurts."

• The music of Irish folk singer Damien Rice is featured in the film, most notably the song "The Blower's Daughter", whose lyrics drew many parallels with the themes present in the film. The opening notes from Rice's song "Cold Water" are used repeatedly. Rice wrote a song entitled "Closer" which was intended for use in the film, but was not completed in time.

• The Canadian rock band Silverstein has a song entitled "Fist Wrapped In Blood", a reference to a scene in which Clive Owen's character compares a human heart to such a fist.

• The opera that Dan and Anna attend is Mozart's Così fan tutte, the plot of which bears resemblances to that of the film.

Panic! at the Disco is an alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off is the fourth single by the alternative rock band Panic! at the Disco, from the album A Fever You Cant Sweat Out (2005). ... But Its Better If You Do is the third single by the alternative band Panic! at the Disco, from the album A Fever You Cant Sweat Out (2005). ... Singles from A Fever You Cant Sweat Out Released: January 23, 2006 Released: February 27, 2006 Released: May 16, 2006 Released: August 7, 2006 Released: March 5, 2007 A Fever You Cant Sweat Out is the debut album by Panic! at the Disco, released on September 27, 2005... Wal-Mart pre-order cover Singles from Infinity on High Released: January 16, 2007 Released: February, 2007 Released: April 9, 2007 Released: July 2, 2007 Released: TBA 2007 Infinity on High is Fall Out Boys fourth studio album. ... Thanks for the memories redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish folk singer, famous for his two albums O and 9. ... O is the name of Damien Rices first album. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Mozart” redirects here. ... Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...

Cultural References

The series of photos of "strangers" taken by Julia Roberts's photographer character are in fact all photos of prominent contemporary philosophers taken from a series by Steve Pyke Visible in the film are Karl Popper, John McDowell, Peter Geach and G. E. M. Anscombe (together), and Phillipa Foot. A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH, FRS, FBA, (July 28, 1902 – September 17, 1994), was an Austrian and British[1] philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics. ... John Henry McDowell (born 1942) is a contemporary philosopher, formerly a fellow of University College, Oxford and now University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. ... Peter Thomas Geach (born 1919) is one of the foremost contemporary British philosophers. ... Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (March 18, 1919 – January 5, 2001) (known as Elizabeth Anscombe, published as G. E. M. Anscombe) was a British analytic philosopher, a theologian and a pupil of Ludwig Wittgenstein. ... Philippa Ruth Foot (1920-), née Bosanquet, is a British philosopher, most notable for her works in ethics. ...

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External links

• Official site
• Closer at the Internet Movie Database