Director: Jodie Foster
Description: Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award winner Mel Gibson in THE BEAVER - an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can't seem to get himself back on track - until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.
Release Date: 5/6/2011
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Offical Website: http://www.TheBeaver-Movie.com
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Release Dates:
| Country | Release Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Theatrical Wide Release | 5/6/2011 |
| Italy | Theatrical Wide Release | 5/20/2011 |
| United Kingdom | Theatrical Wide Release | 6/17/2011 |
| Spain | Theatrical Wide Release | 5/27/2011 |
| United States | DVD/Blu-ray Release | 8/23/2011 |
Warners has rejected the script Things seemed to be looking up for Mel Gibson last year, at least a little. Despite his most recent starring role in The Beaver coming and going from most cinemas without much luck at the box office, he was at least forging ahead with a new project that, he hoped, might restore some of his personal reputation after numerous incidents and accusations of anti-Semitism. But while the biopic of Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee had been developing slowly over at Warner Bros., the studio has now rejected the script, leaving the project in limbo. Basic Instinct / Jade writer Joe Eszterhas had been toiling away on the screenplay which saw a n underdog army fighting for freedom against oppression, which is definitely in Gibsons comfort zone. In 165 BC, Jewish leader Maccabee led his brothers in revolt against the Seleucid Empire, ruled by Antiochus Epip (Read More)