The Beaver

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American film drama film film

The Beaver is a 2011 drama film starring Mel Gibson as a depressed man who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet, directed by Jodie Foster.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → film →
boxOfficePerformance	modest →
characterPortrayedBy	Meredith Black; Jodie Foster → Norah; Jennifer Lawrence → Porter Black; Anton Yelchin → Walter Black; Mel Gibson →
cinematography	Hagen Bogdanski →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Jodie Foster →
distributor	Summit Entertainment →
editedBy	Barbara Tulliver → Lynzee Klingman →
genre	drama →
hasBeaverPuppetAsDevice	yes →
language	English →
leadActorCareerContext	one of Mel Gibson's first major roles after public controversies →
mainCharacter	Meredith Black → Norah → Porter Black → Walter Black →
mpaaRating	PG-13 →
musicBy	Marcelo Zarvos →
plotSummary	A clinically depressed man begins communicating and conducting his life through a beaver hand puppet. →
producer	Ann Ruark → Jodie Foster → Keith Redmon → Steve Golin →
productionCompany	Anonymous Content → Summit Entertainment →
releaseYear	2011 →
runtimeMinutes	91 →
screenwriter	Kyle Killen →
starring	Anton Yelchin → Cherry Jones → Jennifer Lawrence → Jodie Foster → Mel Gibson →
theatricalReleaseDateUS	2011-05-06 →
theme	depression → family relationships → identity → mental illness →
worldPremiereDate	2011-03-16 →
worldPremiereEvent	South by Southwest →
worldPremiereLocation	Austin, Texas →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alicia Christian Foster → Jodie Foster →	directed