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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Looking for Normal by Jane Anderson |
| Written by | Jane Anderson |
| Directed by | Jane Anderson |
| Starring | Jessica Lange Tom Wilkinson |
| Music by | Alex Wurman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Thomas J. Busch Cary Brokaw Lydia Dean Pilcher |
| Cinematography | Alar Kivilo |
| Editor | Lisa Fruchtman |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Production companies | HBO Films Avenue Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | January 21, 2003 |
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Normal is a 2003 American made-for-television drama film produced by HBO Films, which became an official selection at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.[1] Jane Anderson, the film's writer and director, adapted her own play, Looking for Normal. The film is about a fictional Midwestern factory worker named Roy Applewood, who stuns his wife of 25 years by saying he wishes to undergo sex reassignment surgery and transition to a woman.
In an HBO interview, Anderson was asked "Were you drawing on any sources when you were researching this? Or was it purely out of your imagination?", to which she replied "Oh, it's my imagination, it's all fiction." She also said that she wanted to use the play "as a metaphor for a study of marriage", calling transition the "ultimate betrayal".[2]
- ^ James, Andrea (January 21, 2003). "Film review: Jane Anderson's "Normal"". www.transgendermap.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ "HBO Online Exclusive Interview with Jane Anderson". HBO. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009.