---
title: 'The Shipping News (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lasse Hallström'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shipping-news-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120824/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shipping News (2001)

2001 · 106 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Shipping News is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Lasse Hallström from a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by E. Annie Proulx. It stars Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Pete Postlethwaite, and Cate Blanchett.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lasse Hallström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-hallstrom)
- **Screenplay:** [Annie Proulx](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-proulx), [Robert Nelson Jacobs](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-nelson-jacobs)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Christopher Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-young)
- **Producer:** [Irwin Winkler](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-winkler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stapleton)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Mondshein](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-mondshein)

## Cast

- [Rhys Ifans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-ifans)
- [Scott Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-glenn)
- [Pete Postlethwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-postlethwaite)
- [John Dunsworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dunsworth)
- [Judi Dench](https://cinepixo.com/people/judi-dench)
- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence)
- [Daniel Kash](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-kash)
- [Gordon Pinsent](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-pinsent)
- [Katherine Moennig](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-moennig)
- [Emma Taylor-Isherwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-taylor-isherwood)
- [Julianne Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/julianne-moore)
- [Jason Behr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-behr)
- [Larry Pine](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-pine)
- [Kevin Spacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-spacey)
- [Robert Joy](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-joy)

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