Hard Candy is a 2005 American thriller film focusing on a 14-year-old female vigilante’s trapping and torture of a man whom she suspects of being a sexual predator. The film was directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson, and starred Elliot Page and Patrick Wilson. It premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was screened at the Florida Film Festival in April 2006. Hard Candy made over USD 7 million at the box office, including almost USD 6 million from outside the US, on a budget of under USD 1 million.
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Hard Candy is a 2005 American thriller film focusing on a 14-year-old female vigilante’s trapping and torture of a man whom she suspects of being a sexual predator. The film was directed by David Slade, written by Brian Nelson, and starred Elliot Page and Patrick Wilson. It premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and was screened at the Florida Film Festival in April 2006. Hard Candy made over USD 7 million at the box office, including almost USD 6 million from outside the US, on a budget of under USD 1 million. The idea for Hard Candy came from a news story about young girls who would lure older businessmen to a location with the promise of sex. Due to the controversial nature of the work, the company kept the budget underUSD 1 million so that the work would not be so expensive. It was also awarded Overlooked Film of the Year at the 2006 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, and won Best Actress at the Austin Film Critics Association Awards. It also won three awards at the Sitges Film Festival and four at the Málaga Film Festival. It has been listed as one of the best films of the year by The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal, among others.
The movie was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-Ray on November 14, 2011. It is available on Blu/ray and DVD for the first time in the US and in the UK on November 15, 2011, and on DVD worldwide on November 16, 2011 for the UK and UK. It will also be released in Australia on November 17, 2012. It had limited release in two theaters in the U.S. and in Canada on November 18, 2012, and in Europe on November 19, 2013, and November 20, 2013 for UK and European release on November 21, 2013. The UK release date is November 22, 2014, and the US release date on November 23, 2014 for Europe and November 28, 2015 for Europe. The U.K. release date for the film is November 29, 2014. The US release dates are November 30, 2014 and November 30,. 2015. It opens on November 28. It ends on November 30. It opened on November 31, 2015, and has been released on November 27, 2016. The United States release the film on December 7, 2016, and December 28, 2016 for release.
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