This article is about the 2005 film. For the album by Bella Morte, see The Quiet (album).
2005 American film
The Quiet
Original promotional poster.
Directed by
Jamie Babbit
Screenplay by
Abdi Nazemian
Micah Schraft
Produced by
Carolyn Pfeiffer
Joel Michaely
Holly Wiersma
Andrea Sperling
Starring
Elisha Cuthbert
Camilla Belle
Martin Donovan
Edie Falco
Shawn Ashmore
Cinematography
M. David Mullen
Edited by
Joan Sobel
Music by
Jeff Rona
Distributed by
Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates
September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12) (Toronto Film Festival)
August 25, 2006 (2006-08-25) (U.S.)
Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$900,000[1]
Box office
$381,420[2]
The Quiet is a 2005 American psychological thriller film directed by Jamie Babbit and starring Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Martin Donovan, and Edie Falco. It focuses on a deaf-mute teenage orphan who is sent to live with her godparents. She soon becomes a sounding board for the family members, who confess their darkest secrets to her, including the incestous relationship between her godfather and his teenage daughter.
The second feature film by Babbit after the 1999 comedy But I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet was shot in Austin, Texas in 2004, the first film by the University of Texas's Burnt Orange production company. Cuthbert served as an associate producer of the film. Its soundtrack features songs by Low, Cat Power, Le Tigre, and numerous Beethoven piano sonatas. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival before being acquired by Destination Films, who released it in the United States theatrically through Sony Pictures Classics in August 2006.
The film was not a box office success, but it found bigger commercial success in DVD markets.[3] Many critics at the time of its release dismissed it as sleazy, exploitative, and difficult to watch, with several noting that it was too serious to be satire, yet too campy to be taken seriously.[4]
^"The Quiet". The Numbers. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^"The Quiet". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
^Joe O'Connell (January 18, 2008). "Changes in the Weather". Austin Chronicle. Austin, Texas. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018.
^Garcia, Chris (July 5, 2008). "Unable to turn profit, UT rethinks film venture". Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
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