The Box (2009)
Release: October 29, 2009 | Runtime: 1h 55m | Rating: 5.6
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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Main cast
- Cameron Diaz as Norma Lewis
- James Marsden as Arthur Lewis
- Frank Langella as Arlington Steward
- James Rebhorn as Norm Cahill
- Holmes Osborne as Dick Burns
- Sam Oz Stone as Walter Lewis
- Gillian Jacobs as Dana
- Celia Weston as Lana Burns
- Lisa K. Wyatt as Rhonda Martin
- Mark S. Cartier as Martin Teague
- Kevin Robertson as Wendell Matheson
- Michele Durrett as Rebecca Matheson
- Ian Kahn as Vick Brenner
- John Magaro as Charles
- Ryan Woodle as Jeffrey Carnes
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What is The Box about?
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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