Cold Mountain

In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.

• Anthony MinghellaScreenplay
• Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
• Anthony MinghellaDirector

• Jude LawInman
• Nicole KidmanAda Monroe
• Renée ZellwegerRuby Thewes
• Eileen AtkinsMaddy
• Brendan GleesonStobrod Thewes
• Philip Seymour HoffmanReverend Veasey
• Natalie PortmanSara
• Giovanni RibisiJunior
• Donald SutherlandReverend Monroe
• Ray WinstoneTeague
• Kathy BakerSally Swanger
• James GammonEsco Swanger