The Night Listener (film)
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| Directed by | Patrick Stettner |
| Produced by | Robert Kessel Jill Footlick Jeffrey Sharp John N. Hart, Jr. Armistead Maupin |
| Screenplay by | Armistead Maupin Terry Anderson Patrick Stettner |
| Based on |
The Night Listener by Armistead Maupin |
| Starring |
Robin Williams Toni Collette Rory Culkin Bobby Cannavale Sandra Oh |
| Music by | Peter Nashel |
| Cinematography | Lisa Rinzler |
| Edited by | Andy Keir |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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August 4, 2006 |
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Running time
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91 minutes 81 minutes (Edited cut) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $10,639,686 |
The Night Listener is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Patrick Stettner. The screenplay by Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson, and Stettner is based on Maupin's 2000 bestselling novel of the same name, which was inspired by actual events in the author's life.
Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams), a popular gay New York City radio show host, is dealing with a separation from his partner, Jess (Bobby Cannavale). Noone is given a memoir written by teenager Pete Logand (Rory Culkin), who chronicles the many years of sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents and their friends. Diagnosed with AIDS, the youth has been adopted by Donna Logand (Toni Collette), the social worker who handled his case.
Noone begins a telephone relationship with the boy and Donna. He and Pete become increasingly close and form a father-son relationship, much to the dismay of Jess, especially after he speaks to Donna and suspects she and the boy are the same person. Noone's personal secretary Anna (Sandra Oh) adds fuel to the fire by discussing her research into people who fabricate elaborate stories to get attention. Determined to prove the boy exists and his story is true, Noone decides to pay a surprise visit to Pete in his hometown in rural Wisconsin. Noone discovers the return address on Pete's correspondence is actually a mail drop. Soon after, while eating in a local diner, he overhears another patron and recognizes her voice as that of Donna. He's stunned to learn she's blind and uses a guide dog. Noone follows her home and Donna senses he has followed her. She invites him into her home and talks openly about Pete, who she says is currently in the hospital undergoing tests. She assures him he can visit the boy the following day, then suddenly becomes angry and tells him she will not allow him to meet her son. Increasingly suspicious, Noone contacts all the hospitals in Madison, the site of the nearest facilities, but none have the boy registered as a patient.
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