Eleven-year-old Oskar Schell is an exceptional child: amateur inventor, Francophile, pacifist. And after finding a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, he embarks on an exceptional journey—an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of New York. As Oskar roams the city, he encounters a motley assortment of humanity, who are all survivors in their own ways. Ultimately, Oskar's journey ends where it began, but with the solace of that most human experience: love.
Academy Award® nominee Stephen Daldry ("The Reader," "The Hours") directs "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" from a screenplay by Academy Award® winner Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump," "The Insider"), based on Jonathan Safran Foer's acclaimed novel. The film stars Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks ("Forrest Gump," "Philadelphia") and Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side"), and is being produced by Academy Award® winner Scott Rudin ("No Country for Old Men," "The Social Network," "True Grit"). Celia Costas, Mark Roybal and Nora Skinner serve as executive producers.
Also starring in the film are newcomer Thomas Horn as Oskar; John Goodman as Stan, the doorman in Oskar's building; James Gandolfini as Ron, a new friend of Oskar's mom; four-time Tony Award winner Zoe Caldwell as the boy's grandmother; Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis ("Doubt") and Jeffrey Wright as a couple whose own tenuous relationship has a profound effect on Oskar; and Academy Award® nominee Max von Sydow ("Pelle the Conqueror," "Shutter Island") as the man renting a room from Oskar's grandmother, who befriends Oskar and accompanies him on his quest.
