Popcorn Taxi is proud to present
the first public screening of

THE BOX

Cameron Diaz – James Marsden – Frank Langella

followed by an exclusive audience Q&A

with writer/director

Richard Kelly

(Donnie Darko)

Live from Los Angeles!

WEDNESDAY OCT 21, 7PM

Event Cinemas, Bondi Junction

What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you $1 million – but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would be the consequences?

The year is 1976. Norma Lewis (Cameron Diaz) is a teacher at a private high school and her husband, Arthur (James Marsden), is an engineer working at NASA. They are, by all accounts, an average couple living a normal life in the suburbs with their young son… Until a mysterious man with a horribly disfigured face (Frank Langella) appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a life-altering proposition: The Box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norma and Arthur face an impossible moral dilemma. What they don’t realise is that no matter what they decide, terrifying consequences will have already been set in motion. They soon discover that the ramifications of this decision are beyond their control and extend far beyond their own fortune and fate.

The Box was written and directed by Richard Kelly, whose 2001 sci-fi mystery thriller Donnie Darko is considered a cult classic. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it earned a Grand Jury Prize nomination. It went on to screen at film festivals around the world and also brought Kelly Independent Spirit Award nominations for both Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Kelly’s screenplay for The Box is based on the short story, “Button, Button” by Richard Matheson.

Heading the film’s cast as Norma and Arthur Lewis are Cameron Diaz (My Sister’s Keeper, The Holiday) and James Marsden (X-Men, Enchanted). Oscar® nominee Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) also stars as the mysterious stranger, Arlington Steward.  Original music is by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Owen Pallett, of the Montreal-based indie rock band, Arcade Fire.

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