The Door in the Floor |  | Director: Tod Williams
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Elle Fanning, Larry Pine
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 22807
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D25000D
ISBN: 141700357X
UPC: 025192500022
EAN: 9781417003570
ASIN: B00005JMU1
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: December 14, 2004
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Jeff Bridges demonstrates once again that he is one of the finest actors in film. Ted Cole (Bridges, Seabiscuit, The Big Lebowski), a successful writer/illustrator of children's books, invites a young student named Eddie (Jon Foster) to be his assistant for a summer. Eddie doesn't realize he's being drawn into the middle of a dissolving marriage until Ted's wife Marion (Kim Basinger, L. A. Confidential) invites him into an affair--which Ted both condones and resents. Slowly, Eddie comes to understand the secrets that are tearing the marriage apart. Bridges never shows off; everything he does seems simple, natural, almost unavoidable, but it's also utterly watchable. Whether you like the movie will depend on whether you like John Irving (The Door in the Floor is based on part of his novel A Widow for One Year), but Bridges's performance is undeniable. Also featuring Mimi Rogers (The Rapture). --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
BASED ON THE BEST SELLING NOVEL 'A WINDOW FOR ONE YEAR', THIS FILM CHRONICLES ONE PIVOTAL SUMMER IN THE LIVES OF FAMOUS CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR TED COLE & HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE MARION. IT IS A PROVOCATIVE STORY ABOUT ONE COUPLE'S EMOTIONAL JOURNEY INTO A WORLD OF DARING SENSUALITY & STUNNING HONESTY.
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 A film that features some intriguing character studies January 28, 2010
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
Having never read John Irving's novel, "A Widow for One Year," that The Door in the Floor was based on, I didn't really know what to expect. As soon as I finished watching it, however, I found it to be a really good film. The film tells the story of Ted and Marion Cole, a middle-aged couple who are going through a marital crisis due to the devastating death of their two teenage sons. An aspiring teenage writer named Eddie is hired as their assistant for the summer, and soon he forms a sexual relationship with Marion. Throughout the story, we get to know these people more, and we get to mostly understand why they are the way they are. I believe that's the strongest part of The Door in the Floor: the way these characters develop realistically. But the film overall is very good as well. It has a clever script, beautiful cinematography, and some very nice music. I did have two problems. A few humorous moments are indeed essential to the grim reality of the plot, but there were two moments that made me feel a bit awkward (I won't describe them since they may be considered spoilers). And the other problem I have is the film does slow down in the second half of the film, and a couple of scenes do tend to look very tedious (even if they are relevant to the story). But those are the only bad things about the film, and everything else is made with care. This is a film that gives some fascinating character studies and showcases believable performances from Bridges, Basinger, and Foster. It's good enough for me to recommend it.
Grade: B+
The Door in the Floor... January 7, 2010
Dennis Hendrix (Atlanta GA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this film, it's a multi-layered, complex melo-drama with a rather unsettling, melancholic undercurrent throughout. I won't go into plot details, which are easily found elsewhere. "The Door in the Floor" is dark in tone, at times it even feels a little like some of the darker films of 2003 ("21 Grams," "Mystic River," "Monster," "House of Sand and Fog," etc.) Moments of humor arise here and there, but I at least found the film to be pretty hard-hitting, straight to the gut. The characters are all "wounded" in some way. Personally I've always enjoyed Jeff Bridges in just about anything he's done. Here he more than steals the show; all the other characters seem to be mere satellites around him. The film is worth seeing for his performance alone. Some drawbacks to the film -- I think it is a little slow and holds its secrets a little too close. If it "let us in" a little earlier we could share even more in the emotion of it all. Also I'm not totally convinced that everything "comes together" as effectively as it could. Still, it's better than a lot of films we see today, certainly worth a view even if you're just a little curious like I was.
 Didn't do justice for the novel at all! December 8, 2009
Johnny (U.S. Army, Iraq)
The door in the floor is based on the novel, "A Widow for One Year" by John Irving which was an amazing novel and one of Irving's best to date. The book is broken into three seperate sections, or time frames, and "The Door in the Floor" covers the first section, or more elaboratly, the first 100 or so pages of the 500 plus page book. For the section of the novel that was covered in the two hour movie, it was a great movie, however this is the type of movie that really irritates avid readers who like to see the characters they read and love on the screen. The movie doesn't even touch on 400 plus pages of the novel leaving anyone who read the novel bitter and wanting for more and for those that didnt read the novel there is a sense of wanting as well as the starting section is a huge build up to what is to come latter in the novel that viewers will never know about or how important what they saw really was.
 great john irving adaptation November 8, 2009
P. Lucas (pa)
This movie is one forth of the book A Widow for One Year by John Irving. It is a great story and Kim Bassinger is at her best and most beautiful in this film. Jeff Bridges also does a fine job. the cast is superb and it is a great story.
Watch It.
Thoughtful Meditation on Loss August 2, 2009
Theresa Williams (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After the loss of both their sons, Ted and Marion Cole's marriage is falling apart. They communicate mostly through Eddie, the Exeter student Ted has hired to be his writing assistant. Their daughter, Ruth, conceived after the boys' deaths, is as nearly obsessed with the deceased boys as Marion. Ruth spends much of her time recounting anecdotes about them while looking at their photographs, which line both sides of the hallway in their house. It is Ruth's growing obsession that no doubt leads Marion to leave marriage and motherhood in an attempt to protect Ruth: "I don't want her [Ruth]to be like me."
The title is named for the children's book of the same name that Ted has authored. The children's story is a fable which portrays Ted and Marion's loss and causes us to question whether the joys in life are worth the pain that happens with their inevitable end. The "door" is like the gates of Eden. Once we pass through, we are no longer innocent. We know the pain of life.
Kim Basinger is brilliant as the afflicted mother, but it is Jeff Bridges' portrayal of Ted Cole that steals the show. He manages to make Ted, a truly despicable character, into a man we can sympathize with, even love. His final act is unexpected and unspeakably poignant. This film joins the handful of films that I truly love.
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