House of Sand and Fog
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Vadim Perelman
Mark Chaet
Ron Eldard
Aki Aleong
Spencer Garrett
Andre Dubus
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Massoud Amir Behrani is living a lie to fulfill a dream. Once a member of the Shah of Iran's elite inner circle, he has brought his family to America to build a new life. Despite a pretense of continued affluence, he is barely making ends meet until he sees his opportunity in the auction of a house being sold for back taxes. It is a terrible mistake. Through a bureaucratic snafu, the house had been improperly seized from its rightful owner, Kathy Nicolo, a self-destructive alcoholic. The loss of her home tears away Kathy's last hope of a stable life--a life that had been nearly destroyed by addiction--and Kathy decides to fight to recover her home at any cost. Her struggle is joined by deputy sheriff Lester Burdon, who tries to take the law into his own hands to help Kathy. Ultimately the tale, itself, explores what happens when the American Dream goes terribly awry.
Director
Vadim Perelman
Cast
Mark Chaet
Ron Eldard
Aki Aleong
Spencer Garrett
Andre Dubus
Grant D. Samson
Matthew Simonian
Brian Reed Garvin
Isabelle James
Andy Madadian
Jackie Ahdout
Kim Dickens
Ashley Edner
Matt Waite
Frank Gallegos
Kia Jam
Frances Fisher
Ken Kerman
Al Faris
Ben Kingsley
Dennison Samaroo
Joe Howard
David Carrera
Marco Rodriguez
Yan Lin
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Carlos G=mez
Joyce Kurtz
Shani Rigsbee
Cooper Thornton
Aaron Andre Frazier
Zoran Radanovich
Jonathan Ahdout
Samuel Hart
Jaleh Modjallal
Navi Rawat
Max Weinstein
Michael Papajohn
Karl Makinen
Jennifer Connelly
Jose L Vasquez
Tom Reynolds
Bonita Friedericy
Scott N. Stevens
Tom Benick
Dan Brinkle
Pamela Shaddock
Al Rodrigo
Scott Kinworthy
Markus Baldwin
Namrata Singh Gujral
Elton Ahi
Crew
Marisa Aboitiz
Greg Anthony
Deborah Aquila
Ron Ashmore
James Ashwill
Hala Bahmet
Peter Bankins
James Barrett
Phillip J Bartell
Dr. G R Bassiry
Kenny Becker
Ramiro Belgardt
Robert Bell
George Berndt
Bruce Birmelin
Luke Bishop
Josh Blakeslee
Steve Borgese
Bob Bornstein
Greg Ten Bosch
Mike Boudreau
Drew Boughton
Allen Bowen
Craig Branham
Randy Burke
David Burnett
Gary Burritt
Virginia Burton
Rick Canelli
Ozzie Carmona
Judy Chin
Lisa Zeno Churgin
Chad Cohlmia
Vince Cortez
Jean Costello
Kimberly Crockett
John Cucci
Bud Davis
Sandy De Crescent
Julian De La Pena
Roger Deakins
Will Dearborn
Maria Devane
Gary C Diamond
Seong Dilg
Tracy Dixon
Jewel Donohue
Clint Dougherty
Pat Doyle
Richard Duarte
Andre Dubus
Susan Dudeck
Martin Elfalan
Arash Esfandi
Kris Evans
Sven E M Fahlgren
Tim Falconer
Leslee Feldman
Kenn Ferro
Gina Fortunato
Brian Foster
Robert Foulkes
Jo Dee Freck
Aaron Glascock
J Michael Glynn
Kathrine Gordon
Robert Gray
Jesec Griffin
Quinn Grove
Lance Gunnin
Steve Hagberg
Jill Hahn
Gregory G. Hale
Bruce Hamme
Helen Hand
Andy Harris
Boyd R Hauer
Judy Heinzen
Doris Hellmann
Richard O Helmer
Richard O Helmer
Jon Hendry
Jim Henrikson
Travis Hills
Todd Homme
James Horner
James Horner
Robert Jackson
Maia Javan
Kristina Jutzi
William B. Kaplan
Andrew C Keeter
Randy Kerber
Stephanie Kime
Tateum Kohut
Jill Korengold
Jennifer Law-stump
Jay Y Lee
Skip Lievsay
Michael London
William E Luna
Diana Lupo
John Lybrand
Sean Lyons
Chrys Lyras
Steven Maines
Paul Maletich
Lisa Markou
Jonah Markowitz
David Marquette
Dan Marrow
William J. Mccance
Patrick M Mccombs
Brandon K Mclaughlin
Cindy Megna
Matthew Michaud
Raymond Michels
Ronald A Miller
Allen Mizrahi
Chris Monberg
Jen Monnar
Jennifer Hilton Monroe
Chad S Moore
Shelly Morita
Todd S Morris
Peggy Names
Peggy Names
Christopher Napolitano
Edward R. Nedin
Tien Nguyen
Dan O'connell
Kevin O'connell
Thomas J. O'connell
Chris O'hara
Shawn Lawrence Otto
Shawn Lawrence Otto
David A Parks
Jeremy Peirson
Vadim Perelman
Vadim Perelman
Scott Peterson
Patrick Phillips
Willis Pipkins
Jeffrey Price
Stuart Rankine
David Renaud
Simon Rhodes
Simon Rhodes
Shannyn Riba
Peter Robinson
Jerry Ross
Daniel C Routhieaux
Greg P. Russell
Jeremiah Samuels
Jeremiah Samuels
Jennifer Sanger
Dusty Saunders
Sarah Scarritt
Johnathan Schaab
Hellena Schmied
Gene Serdena
Chad Sexton
Dan Sharp
Nithya Shrinivasan
Betty Lou Skinner
Jennifer Smith
Sean M. Smith
Russell Solberg
Chris Soldo
Emre Sonmez
David Sosalla
Tom Spencer
Scott Sproule
Pavel Sterba
Jack Stern
David Stockton
Robert L Stover
Rick C. Taplin
Leif Tilden
Sonny Tipton
Jim Turner
Ian Underwood
Ron Vignone
Lisa Vijitchanton
Donald J Violett
Gerald A Vitatoe
Brandon Walowitz
Chuck Weiss
Cary Weitz
Cheree Welsh
Cody Williams
Neil Williams
Robert Williams
Tricia Wood
Douglas Ziegler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Best Original Score
Best Score
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Directorial Debut (Vadim Perelman) by the National Board of Review.
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Supporting Actress (Shohreh Aghdashloo) from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Supporting Actress (Shohreh Aghdashloo) from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Released in United States Winter December 19, 2003
Expanded Release in United States December 26, 2003
Released in United States on Video March 30, 2004
Released in United States November 2003
Released in United States February 2004
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 5-15, 2004.
Feature directorial debut for Vadim Perelman.
Signpost Films dropped out as foreign distributor.
Released in United States Winter December 19, 2003 (NY)
Expanded Release in United States December 26, 2003
Released in United States on Video March 30, 2004
Released in United States November 2003 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Gala) November 6-16, 2003.)
Released in United States February 2004 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 5-15, 2004.)
Nominated for the 2004 Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) award for Best Actor (Ben Kingsley).
