| Mother Night | |
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| Directed by | Keith Gordon |
| Screenplay by | Robert B. Weide |
| Based on | Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut |
| Produced by | Keith Gordon Robert B. Weide Mark Ordesky |
| Starring | Nick Nolte Sheryl Lee Alan Arkin Kirsten Dunst Frankie Faison John Goodman |
| Cinematography | Tom Richmond |
| Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
| Music by | Michael Convertino |
Production companies | New Line Cinema Whyaduck Productions |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
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Running time | 114 minutes [1] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English German Yiddish |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $403,701[2] |
Mother Night is a 1996 American romantic war drama film produced and directed by Keith Gordon. It is based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 novel of the same name.
Nick Nolte stars as Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American who moves with his family to Germany after World War I and goes on to become a successful German-language playwright. As World War II looms, Campbell meets a man who claims to be from the United States Department of War, and is recruited to spy for the U.S., transmitting Nazi propaganda containing hidden messages that can only be decoded by Allied intelligence. After the war, Campbell relocates to New York City, where he attempts to live in obscurity. Since the U.S. government keeps his true wartime role a closely guarded secret, Campbell is forced to live under an assumed identity. The film is narrated by Campbell, through a series of flashbacks, as he sits in a jail cell in Israel, writing his memoirs, and awaiting trial for war crimes.
The film also stars Sheryl Lee, John Goodman, Kirsten Dunst, Alan Arkin, and Frankie Faison. Vonnegut makes a brief appearance in a scene in New York City.
- ^ "MOTHER NIGHT (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 1996-10-15. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ Mother Night at Box Office Mojo