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Nell (movie)

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Nell
Directed byMichael Apted
Written byWilliam Nicholson
Mark Handley
Based onIdioglossia
by Mark Handley (play)
Produced byJodie Foster
Renée Missel
Graham Place
Starring
CinematographyDante Spinotti
Edited byJim Clark
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Egg Pictures
Distributed by
Release date
  • December 16, 1994 (1994-12-16)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$24.5 million[1]
Box office$106.7 million[2]

Nell is a 1994 American drama movie directed by Michael Apted.

The movie stars Jodie Foster (who also produced it) as Nell Kellty, a young woman who has lived away from people her entire life in an isolated cabin with her mother, in the forests of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina. When her elderly mother suddendly dies, she has to face other people for the first time in her life.

Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, and Nick Searcy have supporting roles.

The movie is based on Mark Handley's play Idioglossia.

Nell was released in December 1994. The movie reviews were mixed, however the movie was successful at the box office.

References

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  1. "Nell (1994) - JPBox-Office". JPBox-Office. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  2. "Nell at Box Office Mojo". Retrieved 2010-09-29.

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