The Door in the Floor
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tod Williams
Jeff Bridges
Elle Fanning
Kim Basinger
Jon Foster
Mimi Rogers
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the beach community of East Hampton, New York, one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's books author Ted Cole and his beautiful wife Marion is chronicled. Their once-great marriage has been strained by tragedy. The Coles lovingly parent their surviving child, bright 4-year-old Ruth, who takes everything in stride as perhaps only a child can. But Marion's equation of love with loss, coupled with Ted's infidelities, points towards a much-needed change in the relationship. That may come in the form of Eddie O'Hare, the young man Ted hires to work as his summer assistant--and, Ted hopes, the catalyst to invigorate the Coles' bond of marriage. Eddie idolizes Ted, but Ted's erratic work habits soon leave Eddie to his own devices. Marion becomes an object of desire for Eddie, rekindling in her some surprising emotions as a mother and as a woman. To Eddie's surprise and delight, his yearning is potently reciprocated. As he becomes passionately entwined with the seemingly fragile yet increasingly bold Marion, Eddie comes to realize that, similarly, Ted's surface fecklessness hides something deeper within. As the summer draws to a close, Marion and Ted must make difficult decisions about the future of their family.
Director
Tod Williams
Cast
Jeff Bridges
Elle Fanning
Kim Basinger
Jon Foster
Mimi Rogers
Marion Mccorry
Dave Reardon
Larry Pine
Donna Murphy
John Rothman
Amanda Posner
Leanna Croom
Carter Williams
Libby Langdon
Mike S Ryan
Tod Williams
Claire Beckman
Louis Arcella
Bijou Phillips
Rachel Style
Kristina Valada-viars
Robert Lupone
Harvey Loomis
Crew
Nancy Allen
Adi Amit
Bill Anagnos
Abby Bailey
Gerard C Baker
Carlos Barbot
David Bausch
Joseph Blessington
Danielle Blumstein
Kip Bogdahn
Terell Borden
David Brand
Jeff Bridges
Conrad V Brink
Conrad F Brink
Pete Bucossi
Peter Bundrick
Tom Cabral
Tom Cabral
William Callahan
Jim Carden
Anne Carey
Oliver Cary
Julian Casablancas
Lloyd Catlett
Rory Celentano
Gary Cergol
Gary Cergol
Khia Chambers
Khia Chambers
Gary Chester
Danajean Cicerchi
Trenee Clayton
Pashelle Clayton-robinson
John Clifford
Peter Clores
Paul Coburn
Ornette Coleman
David Conelli
Stephen Consentino
Michael Corrente
Marko Costanzo
Anthony Cox
Charles C Crutchfield
Eric Daman
Eva Davy
Aaron Dawley
Anthony Demarinis
Martin Demartino
Moira Demos
Therese Deprez
Joan Devilla
Kathleen Dolan
Leo Driver
Ed Drohan
Jeff Dutemple
Jane English
Nick Evans
Jesse Falewicz
Robert K. Feldmann
Thomas Fennimore
Robert Fernandez
Frank Ferrara
Pablo Ferro
Simona Fish
Katherine Fisher
John Flanagan
Dave Flynch
Michael Francis Foley
Randy Gallagher
Kingsley Gardner
Timothy M Garrett
Susan Germaine
Rich Glassey
Brent Godek
Damian Gonzalez
Affonso Gontalves
Ann Goulder
Dennis Green
John Gutierrez
Mitchell Gutman
Peter G Hackman
Alicia Haldenwang
Steven R Hammond
Richard Hebrank
Fred Heid
Thomas J Heilig
Lori Hicks
Sonja Holder
Ted Hope
Paul Hsu
Paul Hsu
Paul Hsu
Paul Hsu
John Irving
Kia Jeffries
Kia Jeffries
Lori Johnson
Nils Johnson
Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge
Dierdre Kane
Andrew Kassov
Amy Kaufman
Robert Keller
Jim Kelly
Alan Kenny-rudolph
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Sonny Kompanek
George Lara
Susan Lazarus
Christine Leaman
Bernadette Lee
Sage Lehman
Nicholas Lundy
Kurt Lustgarten
Michelle Mader
Mike Madison
Ej Maher
James Mahr
Tod A Maitland
Lawrence Manchester
Lawrence Manchester
Peter K Manno
Richard J Marino
Roger Marino
Annie Marter
Reba Massey
Beth Mastaglio
Nancy Mayer Allan
Seth Mcallister
Tim Mcauliffe
Sean Mccardell
Bill Mcfadden
Ernest Mckinney
Patrick J Mcmahon
Edward Meriwether
Timothy Metivier
Ann Miller
Michael Miller
Michael Miller
Damien Michael Miseo
Joe Morrone
Jennifer Motzkin
Raymond Moyer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ryan Murphy
Peter Musooli
George Nannas
Thomas Nellen
Howard Neustadt
Kimberly A Noble
Valli O'reilly
Bob Olari
Eric Papa
Janet Paparazzo
Jeff Parker
Maria Paseka
Suzana Peric
Christopher Peterson
Gregory Jean Pierre
Janos Pilenyi
Martha Pinson
Marisa Polvino
Pavel Prantl
Aaron F. Quarles
Collin Quinlan
James Quinlan
Steven Ramsey
Robert Rauer
Nicholas Renbeck
Nicholas Renbeck
Jon Ringborn
Ryan Rodriguez
Doreen Roman
Tony Romano
Beth Amy Rosenblatt
Jon W Rosenbloom
Jonathan Rubenstein
Ashley Rudden
Doug Salamone
Victoria Rose Sampson
Frank Sanpietro
Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana
Jennifer Santucci
Michelle Sarama
Mike Scalice
Elizabeth Schlitten
Frank Sciarrone
Michael H Scott
Craig Seti
Stephen Shellooe
Keith Siglinger
Chip Signore
Brnja Sigurdarttir
Drifa Sigurdarttir
Charles R Simunek
Jirka Simunek
Steve F.b. Smith
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the 2004 award for Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Released in United States on Video December 14, 2004
Released in United States Summer July 14, 2004
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival September 17-25.
Based on John Irving's novel "A Widow for One Year", published by Random House May 5, 1998; the film is an adaptation of the first third of the novel.
Irving sold the story rights to scripter Tod Williams for $1.
ARRI cameras
Kodak film
Released in United States Summer July 14, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 14, 2004
