Keyhole (2011)
- IMDb page: Keyhole (2011)
- Rate: 6.1/10 total 129 votes
- Genre: Drama | Thriller
- Release Date: 6 April 2012 (USA)
- Runtime: 94 min
- Filming Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Director: Guy Maddin
- Stars: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini and Udo Kier
- Original Music By: Jason Staczek
- Plot Keyword: Gangster | Female Nudity | Fellatio | Nudity | Melodrama
Writing Credits By:
- George Toles (screenplay) and
- Guy Maddin (screenplay)
Known Trivia
Plot: Gangster and deadbeat dad, Ulysses Pick, embarks on an unusual journey through his home. Full summary » | »
Story: In a house haunted with memories, gangster and father Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric) arrives home after a long absence towing the body of a teenaged girl and a bound and gagged young man. His gang waits inside his house, having shot their way past police. There is friction in the ranks. Ulysses, however, is focused on one thing: journeying through the house, room by room, and reaching his wife Hyacinth (Isabella Rossellini) in her bedroom upstairs. His odyssey eventually becomes an emotional tour, as the strange nooks and crannies of the house reveal more about the mysterious Pick family.Written by Distributor
FullCast & Crew
Produced By:
- Jean Du Toit known as producer
- Lindsay Hamel known as producer
- Phyllis Laing known as executive producer
- Guy Maddin known as producer
- Jody Shapiro known as producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Jason Patric known as Ulysses Pick
- Isabella Rossellini known as Hyacinth
- Udo Kier known as Dr. Lemke
- Brooke Palsson known as Denny
- David Wontner known as Manners
- Louis Negin known as Calypso / Camille
- Kevin McDonald known as Ogilbe
- Daniel Enright known as Big Ed
- Olivia Rameau known as Rochelle
- Tattiawna Jones known as Lota
- Johnny Chang known as Chang
- Darcy Fehr known as Ned Pick
- Nihad Ademi known as Ghost
- Mike Bell known as Milo
- Paula Blair known as Ghost
- Madelina Chesley known as Ghost Voice
- Claude Dorge known as Belview
- David Evans known as Nate
- Jeff Funnell known as Ghost
- Garrett Hnatiuk known as Gangster
- Geneviève Latouche known as Ghost Voice
- Reegan McCheyne known as Bruce
- Brent Neale known as Denton
- Suzanne Pringle known as Gun Moll / Brooke Palson's body double
- Jorge Requena known as Frosty
- Tyhr Trubiak known as Dwayne
- Cynthia Wolfe-Nolin known as Gun Moll
- Theodoros Zegeye-Gebrehiwot known as Heatly
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Supporting Department
Makeup Department:- Alanna Holder-Riches known as assistant hair and makeup
- Cindy Smith known as key hair and makeup
- Joyce Wold known as assistant makeup artist
Art Department:
- Jefferson Bruyere known as graphics/assistant SFX
- Jason Gibbs known as property master
- Chad Giesbrecht known as key scenic artist
- Rodney Gilchrist known as head carpenter
- Grant MacDonald known as set dresser
- Allan McGowan known as scenic painter
- Bill Sinosich known as construction coordinator
- Lewis Smithingham known as art department assistant
- Adam James Thorburn known as assistant property master
- Maria Voulgaris known as art department assistant
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Company
Production Companies:
- Everyday Pictures
- Buffalo Gal Pictures
Other Companies:
- Dolby Laboratories sound mix
- Milan Records soundtrack on
Distributors:
- E.D. Distribution (2012) (France) (theatrical)
- E1 Films Canada (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Monterey Media (2011) (USA) (all media)
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Other Stuff
Visual Effects by:- Ingrid Paulson known as main title designer
- Lewis Smithingham known as rear screen projectionist
Release Date:
- Canada 9 September 2011 (Toronto International Film Festival)
- Canada 17 September 2011 (Atlantic Film Festival)
- Germany 13 February 2012 (Berlin International Film Festival)
- France 22 February 2012
- USA 11 March 2012 (South by Southwest Film Festival)
- USA 20 March 2012 (Film Society of Lincoln)
- Hong Kong 23 March 2012 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
- USA 6 April 2012
- USA 6 April 2012 (New York IFC Center)
- Argentina 12 April 2012 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
- USA 13 April 2012 (Laemmle's NoHo 7 Opening)
MPAA: Rated R for graphic nudity, sexuality, violent content and some language
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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database
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06 Apr 2012, 2:31 am
Before viewing, I saw this film referred to as a '30s Gangster homage'or noir-styled 'drama'. For anyone expecting a throwback film orconventional narrative, Keyhole will confuse and then, probably,disappoint. In fact, Keyhole is a very abstract take on the memoriesand emotions harboured inside an old house, which is inhabited byghosts and other slaves to the past. And while Keyhole isn't a grippingcrime thriller, neither should it be taken purely as an academicstatement or challenging art-house experiment. Like most of Maddin'sfilms, the dark absurdity and creative imagery is almost casuallyamusing and less pretentious than comparable movies. Thecinematography, music, art direction and performances are tremendouslycaptivating, if occasionally over-bearing. For anyone who's intriguedby these elements as much as by the often-mislead depiction of the filmin mainstream media should definitely see Keyhole. Anyone who's turnedoff by bizarre inventions of unorthodox storytelling should leave thisdoor locked.