White Oleander

White Oleander (2002)

Timing: 1:49 (109 min)

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Release date

2002-10-11

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Gaylord Films, Pandora Cinema, John Wells Productions, Pandora Film, Oleandor Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$16 000 000

Revenue

$21 672 284

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Director

Peter Kosminsky

Actors

Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright, Cole Hauser, Melissa McCarthy, Taryn Manning, John Billingsley, Solomon Burke Jr., Melissa Marsala
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Scenario

Producer

Hunt Lowry, John Wells, Ilyse A. Reutlinger, Tracy Underwood, Patrick Markey, E.K. Gaylord II, Kristin Harms, Stacy Cohen

Operator

Elliot Davis

Composer

Thomas Newman

Artist

Audition

Ellen Lewis

Editing

Chris Ridsdale
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• The film is based on the novel by Janet Fitch, "White Oleander" (1999).
• Janet Finch's novel "White Oleander," released in 1999, was selected for the Oprah's Book Club.
• What is "white oleander"? Oleander is an evergreen shrub and a relative of deadly nightshade. White oleander flowers are poisonous.
• Throughout the film, Allison Lohman wears wigs because shortly before filming, she finished work on a film about a girl with cancer; for that role, her head had been shaved bald.
• Renée Zellweger's character mentions an episode from the beginning of her film career; this is a reference to one of Renée's earliest film appearances – in the horror film "The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1994).
• The film is based on Janet Fitch's novel 'White Oleander' (1999).
• Janet Finch's novel 'White Oleander', published in 1999, was selected for the Oprah's Book Club.
• What is a 'white oleander'? Oleander is an evergreen shrub and a relative of nightshade. The flowers of the white oleander are poisonous.