Summary:
The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled.
| Runtime: | 106 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for language and sexuality/nudity. |
| Production: | Lakeshore Entertainment |
| Genres: | Thriller, Romance |
| Countries: | USA, Germany, France |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jul 20, 2004 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Robert Benton | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Meyer | Screenplay |
| Philip Roth | Novel |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anthony Hopkins | Coleman Silk |
| Ed Harris | Lester Farley |
| Gary Sinise | Nathan Zuckerman |
| Nicole Kidman | Faunia Farley |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anna Deavere Smith | Mrs. Silk |
| Clark Gregg | Nelson Primus |
| Harry Lennix | Mr. Silk |
| Jacinda Barrett | Steena Paulsson |
| Kerry Washington | Ellie |
| Lizan Mitchell | Ernestine |
| Margo Martindale | Psychologist |
| Mili Avital | Young Iris |
| Phyllis Newman | Iris Silk |
| Ron Canada | Herb Keble |
| Wentworth Miller | Young Coleman Silk |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andre Lamal | Executive Producer |
| Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Eberhard Kayser | Executive Producer |
| Gary Lucchesi | Producer |
| Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Mario Ohoven | Co-Producer |
| Marisa Forzano | Associate Producer |
| Michael Ohoven | Executive Producer |
| Nan Morales | Line Producer: Additional Photography |
| Rick Schwartz | Executive Producer |
| Ronald M. Bozman | Executive Producer |
| Scott Steindorff | Producer |
| Steve Hutensky | Executive Producer |
| Tom Rosenberg | Producer |
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