COLD MOUNTAIN

Ritorno a Cold Mountain – Italian title
Retour a Cold Mountain – French title
Unterwegs nach Cold Mountain – German title
Wzgórze nadziei – Polish title
El regresso a Cold Mountain – Spanish title
Cold Mountain – English title

A 2003 U.S.A. Romanian co-production [Miramax Films, Mirage Enterprises (Hollywood), Bona Fide Productions (Romania)]
Producer: Albert Berger, William Horberg, Sydney Pollack, Ron Yerxa
Director: Anthony Minghella
Story: “Cold Mountain” Charles Frazier
Screenplay: Anthony Minghella
Cinematography: John Seale [color]
Music: Gabriel Yared
Songs: “Wayfaring Stranger” “Sittin’ on Top of the World,” “Never Far Away,’ “Christmas Time Will Soon be Over,” “Great High Mountain” sung by Jack White
Song: “You Will Be My Ain True Love” sung by Sting * 2003 Best Song Academy
Award nomination
Song: “Like a Songbird that has Fallen” sung by Reeltime Travelers
Song: “I Wish My Baby was Born” sung by Tim Eriksen, Riley Baugus & Tim O’Brien
Song: “The Scarlet Tide,” “You Will be My Ain True Love” sung by Alison Krauss
Song: “The Cuckoo” sung by Tim Eriksen & Riley Baugus
Song: “Am I Born to Die?” sung by Tim Eriksen
Song: “I’m Going Home,” “Indumea” sung by The Sacred Harp Singers
Song: “Ruby with the Eyes that Sparkle” sung by Stuart Duncan & Dirk Powel
Song: “Lady Margret” sung by Cassie Franklin
Running time: 155 minutes

Cast:
W.P. Inman - Jude Law (David Law)
Ada Monroe - Nicole Kidman
Ruby Thewes - Renée Zellweger
Sara - Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag)
Stobrod Thewes - Brendan Gleeson
Reverend Monroe - Donald Sutherland
Teague - Ray Winstone (Raymond Winstone)
Reverend Veasey - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sally Swanger - Kathy Baker
Esco Swanger - James Gammon
Junior - Giovanni Ribisi (Antonio Ribisi)
Rourke - Ben Allison
DollY - Jen Apgar
Maddy - Eileen Atkins
Bosie - Charlie Hunnam
Ferry Girl - Jena Malone
Pangle - Ethan Suplee
Oakley - Lucas Black
wounded soldiers in camp - J. Damon Hendrix (Jared Damon Hendrix), Bruce Williamson
Confederate officer - William Boyer
Acton Swanger - Chris Fennell (Christopher Fennell)
Bardolph - Cillian Murphy
Nym - Richard Brake
Pistol - Sean Gleeson
Rebecca - Rasool J’han
Brown - Hank Stone
Joshua - Afemo Omilani
Butcher - Trey Howell
Grace Inman - Kristen LaPrade
Mae - Katherine Durio
Mo - Martin Pemberton
Jo - Leonard Woodcock
Graylin - William Roberts
Shyla - Taryn Manning
Sheffield - Mark Jeffrey Miller
Mrs. Morgan - Emily Deschanel
Mrs. Castlereagh - Robin Mullins
Ellis Swanger - Erik Smith
Swimmer - Jay Tavare
Lila - Melora Walters
Georgia - Jack White (John Gillis)
doctor - James Rebhorn
blind man - Tom Aldredge
orderly - Alex Hassell
Veasey town guard - Chet Dixon
guard - Jamie Lee
barber - Dean Whitworth
Cold Mountain villager - Alex Layton
Civil War soldieR - Robert Rice


"Cold Mountain" tells the story of a wounded Confederate soldier named Inman who struggles on a perilous journey to get back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina as well as to Ada, the woman he left behind before going off to fight in the Civil War. Along the way, he meets a long line of interesting and colorful characters, while back at home, Ada is learning the ropes of managing her deceased father's farm with Ruby, a scrappy drifter who assists and teaches Ada along the way.