The Center of the World

The Center of the World
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWayne Wang
Written byWayne Wang
Miranda July
Paul Auster
Siri Hustvedt
Produced byWayne Wang
Peter Newman
StarringPeter Sarsgaard
Molly Parker
Carla Gugino
Balthazar Getty
CinematographyMauro Fiore
Edited byLee Percy
Music byStewart Copeland
Production
company
Redeemable Features
Distributed byArtisan Entertainment
Release date
  • April 20, 2001 (2001-04-20)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,460,687[1]

The Center of the World is a 2001 American drama film directed by Wayne Wang and shot on digital video. It stars Peter Sarsgaard as a dot-com millionaire who hires a drummer/stripper (Molly Parker) to stay with him in Las Vegas for three days for US$10,000. The film was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "The Center of the World". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Center of the World". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved October 24, 2009.