Lars and the Real Girl | |
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Directed by | Craig Gillespie |
Written by | Nancy Oliver |
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Cinematography | Adam Kimmel |
Edited by | Tatiana S. Riegel |
Music by | David Torn |
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Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co.[1][2] |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States[1] |
Language | English |
Budget | $12.5 million[1] |
Box office | $11.3 million[2] |
Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, and Patricia Clarkson. Its plot follows Lars, a kind-hearted but socially awkward young man who develops a romantic yet nonsexual relationship with an anatomically correct sex doll, a RealDoll named Bianca.
The movie was inspired by photographer Elena Dorfman’s work Still Lovers.[3]
Lars and the Real Girl was released in the United States on October 12, 2007, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Though a commercial failure, the film was positively received by critics, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, while Gosling received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.