![]() The Coopers offer condolences to Hank, which he accepts. He later purchases a local gas station in an attempt to provide a distraction in his retirement. He subsequently resigns as deputy warden, burns his uniform in the backyard, and locks the door of Sonny's room. A devastated Hank buries Sonny in the back garden. After Hank confirms that he does, and always has, Sonny commits suicide by shooting himself in the chest. The confrontation ends in their living room with Sonny asking his father if he hates him. Sonny grabs a revolver from under his pillow and holds his father at gunpoint. The next morning, Hank attacks Sonny in his bed and orders him to leave the house. Following the execution, Hank confronts Sonny in the prison's bathroom and assaults him for ruining Musgrove's last walk. The proceedings prove too much for Sonny, who, as he is leading Lawrence to the electric chair, vomits, and then collapses. While Musgrove waits to be taken, he draws a sketch of Sonny and Hank. The night before the execution, Hank tells Sonny that a "monster's ball" is held by the correction officers, a get-together of those who will participate in the execution. While at home, overwhelmed by her husband's impending death as well as numerous personal and financial difficulties, Leticia lashes out at her son for his obesity, resorting to physical and emotional abuse. Musgrove is visited by his wife Leticia and son Tyrell before his execution. ![]() ![]() Hank, the prison's deputy warden, is to oversee the execution of convicted murderer Lawrence Musgrove. When Willie and Darryl Cooper, friends of Sonny's who are black come by the house, Hank frightens them off with a shotgun at the behest of Buck. They reside with Hank's father, Buck, an ailing, bigoted retired correction officer whose wife committed suicide. Hank Grotowski, a widower, and his son, Sonny, are correction officers in a Georgia prison. The film received numerous accolades and nominations, and was nominated twice at the 74th Academy Awards for Best Actress (Berry) and Original Screenplay (Addica and Rokos), with Berry winning for her performance, becoming the first African-American woman to win the award. It was also a significant commercial success, grossing $44.9 million worldwide on a production budget of $4 million. The film received positive reviews, with critical acclaim directed at Berry, Ledger and Thornton's performances, Forster's direction, and Addica and Rokos' screenplay. Monster's Ball premiered at AFI Fest on November 11, 2001, and was theatrically released in the United States on Februby Lionsgate Films. ![]() Principal photography began in May 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana and lasted for five weeks. Thornton portrays a corrections officer who begins a relationship with a woman (Berry), unaware that she is the widow of a man (Combs) he assisted in executing. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boyle, with Sean Combs, Mos Def, and Coronji Calhoun in supporting roles. Monster's Ball is a 2001 American romantic drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appeared in the film. ![]()
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