For his first film since 1998's Twilight, acclaimed director Robert Benton helmed this tense drama written by Fatal Attraction co-scribe Nicholas Meyer and based on the novel of the same name by Philip Roth. Set in the late '90s at the height of the Clinton sex-scandal, The Human Stain stars Anthony Hopkins as Coleman Silk, a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman (Gary Sinise), a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeper and deeper into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when an affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman) is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming public. Ed Harris, who previously worked with Benton in 1984's Places in the Heart, also stars. — Matthew Tobey
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Anthony Hopkins | Coleman Silk |
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Nicole Kidman | Faunia Farley |
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Ed Harris | Lester Farley |
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Gary Sinise | Nathan Zuckerman |
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Wentworth Miller | Young Coleman Silk |
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Jacinda Barrett | Steena Paulsson |
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Harry J. Lennix | Mr. Silk |
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Clark Gregg | Nelson Primus |
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Anna Deavere Smith | Mrs. Silk |
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Lizan Mitchell | Ernestine |
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Kerry Washington | Ellie |
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Phyllis Newman | Iris Silk |
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Margo Martindale | Psychologist |
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Ron Canada | Herb Keble |
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Mili Avital | Young Iris |
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Danny Blanco Hall | Walter |
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Marie Michel | Young Ernestine |
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Anne Dudek | Lisa Silk |
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Mimi Kuzyk | Professor Delphine Roux |
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John Finn | Louie Borero |
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Jessica Winterstern | Student |
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Jeff Perry | Tennis Player |
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Rick Snyder | Tennis Player |
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Danny Stone | Tennis Player |
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Vito DeFilippo | Mark Silk |
| Director | Robert Benton |
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| Writer | Philip Roth, Nicholas Meyer | |
| Producer | Ron Bozman, Marisa Forzano, Steve Hutensky, Eberhard Kayser, Andre Lamal, Gary Lucchesi, Nan Morales, Mario Ohoven, Michael Ohoven, Tom Rosenberg, Rick Schwartz, Scott Steindorff, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein | |
| Musician | Rachel Portman | |
| Photography | Jean-Yves Escoffier | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Home Entertainment |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jul 20, 2004 |
| Regions | 1 |