All Good Things (film)
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| Directed by | Andrew Jarecki |
| Produced by | Andrew Jarecki Michael London Bruna Papandrea Marc Smerling |
| Written by | Marcus Hinchey Marc Smerling |
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Ryan Gosling Kirsten Dunst Frank Langella Philip Baker Hall |
| Music by | Rob Simonsen |
| Cinematography | Michael Seresin |
| Edited by |
David Rosenbloom Shelby Siegel |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $644,535 |
All Good Things is a 2010 American mystery/crime romantic drama film directed by Andrew Jarecki starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. Inspired by the life of accused murderer Robert Durst, the film chronicles the life of the wealthy son of a New York real estate tycoon, and a series of murders linked to him, as well as his volatile relationship with his wife and her subsequent unsolved disappearance.
All Good Things was filmed between April and July 2008 in Connecticut and New York. Originally scheduled for a July 24, 2009, release, the film ultimately received a limited release in December 3, 2010.
The real-life Robert Durst professed admiration for All Good Things and offered to be interviewed, having not previously cooperated with journalistic media. Durst would ultimately sit with Jarecki for more than 20 hours over a multi-year period, resulting in the six-part documentary miniseries, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, shown on HBO in March 2015.
In 1970s New York City, David Marks (Gosling), the son of a powerful real estate tycoon, marries a beautiful working-class student, Katie McCarthy (Dunst). Together they flee New York for country life in Vermont—only to be lured back by David's father (Frank Langella). Upon their return, they buy a beautiful apartment where Katie brings up the idea of having children, whereupon David implies he can't have any. They eventually buy a lake house out of town and Katie tells their new pregnant neighbor that she is expecting as well. Katie tells David, to which he responds by throwing a chair and breaking a shelf. David makes Katie have an abortion, which he misses while doing work for his father.
Katie goes back to college and eventually applies and gets into medical school. During a celebratory party at her parents' house, David drags Katie out by her hair when he wants to go home and she asks him to wait. Katie wants a separation, but her funds, which she needs in order to graduate, are cut off when she attempts to leave. David gets violent and Katie begins to show signs of abuse. Family secrets are slowly revealed, and then Katie disappears without a trace.
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