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Mona Lisa Smile

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Released
19 December, 2003
Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile is a 2003 American drama film produced by Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures in association with Red Om Films Productions, directed by Mike Newell, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, and starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, and to the song of the same name, originally performed by Nat King Cole, which was covered by Seal for the movie. Julia Roberts received a record $25 million for her performance, the highest ever earned by an actress at that time.

Director Mike Newell
Produced by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Deborah Schindler, Paul Schiff
Writer(s) Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, Marcia Gay Harden
Music Rachel Portman
Cinematography Anastas Michos
Edited by Mick Audsley
Production, company Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, Red Om Films Productions
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Released December 19, 2003
Running time 119 minutes
Country United States
Language English, Italian
Budget $72.3 million
Box office $141.3 million
Netflix ID 60031284

About Mona Lisa Smile

Set in 1953, Katherine Watson is the new art history teacher at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, and she shakes things up by asking her students to question their traditional social roles.

Achievement of Mona Lisa Smile

The film marks Ginnifer Goodwin's film debut. The lecture hall scenes in the film were shot at Columbia University

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Latest information about Mona Lisa Smile updated on July 28 2021.