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The Box

You are the experiment.

2009★ 5.6 · 1.9K1h 55mThrillerScience Fiction

Overview

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

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Cast

James Marsden
as Arthur Lewis

Cameron Diaz
as Norma Lewis

Gillian Jacobs
as Dana

John Magaro
as Charles

Frank Langella
as Arlington Steward

James Rebhorn
as Norm Cahill

Celia Weston
as Lana Burns

Holmes Osborne
as Dick Burns

Michael Zegen
as Garcin

Mustafa Speaks
as Employee (uncredited)

William Conrad
as Self (voice) (uncredited)

Bill Buell
as Dr. Earl Stupe

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Release date: 2009-10-29

Budget: $30,000,000

Revenue: $33,333,531

Runtime: 1h 55m

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ThrillerScience Fiction

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