Detachment (film)

Detachment
Directed byTony Kaye
Written byCarl Lund
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTony Kaye
Edited byBarry Alexander Brown
Geoffrey Richman
Music byThe Newton Brothers
Distributed byTribeca Films
Release dates
  • April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25) (Tribeca)[1]
  • March 16, 2012 (2012-03-16) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.7 million[2]

Detachment is a 2011 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and written by Carl Lund. Its story follows Henry Barthes, a high-school substitute teacher who becomes a role model to his students and others. It stars Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner and James Caan.

Produced by Greg Shapiro, Carl Lund, Bingo Gubelmann, Austin Stark, Benji Kohn, and Chris Papavasiliou, the film was released on March 16, 2012, to mixed reviews.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference premiere was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Detachment". Box Office Mojo. May 3, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2020.