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Northfork

Play trailer Poster for Northfork PG-13,  2003,  1h 43m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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57% Tomatometer 102 Reviews 66% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
As Northfork, Montana, is being evacuated in preparation for a new dam, young Irwin (Duel Farnes) lies dying in a local orphanage, with Father Harlan (Nick Nolte) by his side, taking care of him. Also yet to leave are Willis (Mark Polish) and his father, Walter (James Woods), who head up the evacuation team. In a comatose state, Irwin has four angelic visitors who hope to find a way for him to leave Northfork, as it faces its demise in the haunting shadow of the dam.
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Visually poetic, but may be too dramatically inert for some.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Jul 2, 2022
Stark, mysterious, and often weirdly funny. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Aug 10, 2003
4/5
Funny and alive and visually delightful. Go to Full Review
Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Aug 9, 2003
D+
The jokey elements are artificial, and strike a note of banality that undermines whatever sense of transcendence the film might be attempting in its stark, sweeping cinematography and mystical, dreamy milieu. Go to Full Review
Paul Sherman Boston Herald Jul 16, 2005
2.5/4
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jan 27, 2005
A-
...a transcendent tone poem, an arrangement in dun and gray marred only slightly by the brothers' insistence on the occasional tin-ear joke Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Jan 3, 2005
3/4
A moody and layered meditation on and evocation of literal and figurative states of purgatory. Go to Full Review
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Harry L Jan 16, 2008 It's a film that is mystifying and haunting -- a cool, brotherly vision of the last day and the coming flood, of American dreams and the vanishing frontier. See more
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Michael Polish

Director

James Woods

Walter O'Brien

Nick Nolte

Father Harlan

Claire Forlani

Mrs. Hadfield

Duel Farnes

Irwin

Mark Polish

Willis O'Brien

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Daryl Hannah as Flower Hercules in Paramount Classics' NORTHFORK, directed by Michael Polish and written and produced by Mark Polish and Michael Polish. Nick Nolte as Father Harlan Brien in Paramount Classics' NORTHFORK, directed by Michael Polish and written and produced by Mark Polish and Michael Polish. Director Michael Polish (left), James Woods (center) as Walter O' Brien, and Mark Polish (right) as Willis O'Brien on the set of Paramount Classics' NORTHFORK. Father and son team, Willis O'Brien, played by Mark Polish (left), and Walter O' Brien, played by James Woods (right), in Paramount Classics' NORTHFORK James Woods as Walter O' Brien in Paramount Classics' NORTHFORK, directed by Michael Polish and written and produced by Mark Polish and Michael Polish. Anthony Edwards as Happy in Paramount Classics' NORTHFORK View more photos

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Synopsis As Northfork, Montana, is being evacuated in preparation for a new dam, young Irwin (Duel Farnes) lies dying in a local orphanage, with Father Harlan (Nick Nolte) by his side, taking care of him. Also yet to leave are Willis (Mark Polish) and his father, Walter (James Woods), who head up the evacuation team. In a comatose state, Irwin has four angelic visitors who hope to find a way for him to leave Northfork, as it faces its demise in the haunting shadow of the dam.
Director
Michael Polish
Producer
Michael Polish, Mark Polish
Screenwriter
Michael Polish, Mark Polish
Distributor
Paramount Pictures, Romano Shane Productions
Production Co
Polish Brothers Construction, Pohibition Pictures, Romano Shane Productions, Departure Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 11, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.4M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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