The Quiet

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The Quiet

Directed by	Jamie Babbit
Produced by	Tom Schatz
Written by	Abdi Nazemian Micah Schraft
Starring	Elisha Cuthbert Camilla Belle David Gallagher Shawn Ashmore
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	12 September 2005 (Toronto Film Festival)
Running time	91 min.
Language	English
Budget	US$900,000
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The Quiet is a 2005 film directed by Jamie Babbit. The plot is about a deaf, mute, orphaned teenager named Dot, who can read lips, and is sent to live with her godparents and their daughter, Nina. Dot soon discovers the secrets of her new family.

1 Plot
2 Distribution
3 Cast
- 3.1 Selected Basketball team members
4 Filming location
5 Early buzz
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Dot and Nina

The story revolves around Dot, a deaf mute. She is sent to live with her godparents and their daughter Nina, where she discovers the secrets of her new family. She learns of an incestuous relationship between Nina and her father, which has driven Nina into a mad state, and lead her to plan the murder of her father. Knowing that Dot cannot speak or hear, and thus cannot tell anyone, Nina confides in her the actions of her father and her plans to murder him.

[edit] Distribution

Sony Pictures Classics picked up this film in May, 2006, after seeing it at the Toronto Film Festival.

[edit] Cast

Elisha Cuthbert – Nina Deer
Camilla Belle – Dot
Edie Falco – Olivia Deer
Shawn Ashmore – Connor
Martin Donovan – Paul Deer
Shannon Woodward – Fiona
David Gallagher – Brian

[edit] Selected Basketball team members

Celester Collier – Basketball coach
Ryan Aiken – Basketball player
Cole Dabney – Basketball player
Thomas "TJ" Geredine – Basketball player
Ben Panner – Dunking Basketball player
Zach Urbanus – Basketball player who replaces Connor (Shawn Ashmore)

[edit] Filming location

Bowie High School in Austin, Texas was chosen as the principal filming location for The Quiet. The producers chose to use the Bowie Basketball Team.