The Woodsman
Nothing can undo the past.
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home.His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law.Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile.Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer.He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker.
- Director
- Nicole Kassell
- Worldwide
- $5M
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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After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
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Box Office & Release
The Woodsman returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Dec 24, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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