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A History of Violence

Director: David Cronenberg Run Time: 96 min. Format: 35mm Rating: R Release Year: 2005

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes

When a pair of petty criminals attempt to rob his small-town diner, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) quickly and easily kills them both. In the flush of news coverage of Tom’s seemingly heroic actions, a threatening stranger named Carl Fogarty (Ed Harris) comes to town, fingering the unassuming family man as long-missing Philadelphia mobster Joey Cusack. To the horror of his wife, Edie (Maria Bello), and teenage son, Jack (Ashton Holmes), Tom finds he must confront his violent past.

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