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Released
2005 · FILM

An Unfinished Life

A stoic Wyoming rancher must confront his lingering grief and the woman he blames for his son's death when she arrives with a granddaughter seeking refuge, forcing him to choose between bitter isolation and a chance at redemption.

“Every secret takes on a life of its own.”

Directed by
Lasse Hallstrom
Written by
Mark Spragg, Virginia Korus Spragg
Runtime
108 min
DramaFamilyRomance

Synopsis

Einar Gilkyson lives in solitude on a rugged ranch in Wyoming, his life marked by stoicism and grief following the loss of his only son. His only companion is his trusted friend, Mitch Bradley. When the woman he holds responsible for his son's death arrives at his door, accompanied by a granddaughter he has never met, tensions rise as old wounds and accusations resurface. Yet, through this painful reunion, the possibility emerges for new bonds, unexpected journeys, and the chance for reconciliation.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Andrew MondsheinShot by Oliver StapletonScored by Deborah LurieDesigned by David Gropman

Box Office

2005 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$18.6M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$18.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $8.6M — 46% of worldwide · International: $10.0M (54%)

Opening weekend: $749K — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.3M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 139 theaters

Also known as

  • Ein ungezähmtes Lebende
  • Une vie inachevéefr
  • Il vento del perdonoit

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