Life as a House
Seen from a distance, it's perfect.
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
- Director
- Irwin Winkler
- Worldwide
- $24M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Life as a House returned 1.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $24M
- Release date
- Oct 25, 2001
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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