RABBIT HOLE is a vivid, hopeful, honest and unexpectedly witty portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of all situations.
Becca and Howie Corbett (NICOLE KIDMAN and AARON ECKHART) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory, longing, guilt, recrimination, sarcasm and tightly controlled rage from which they cannot escape. As Becca finds pain in the familiar, Howie finds comfort.
The shifts come in abrupt, unforeseen moments. Becca hesitantly opens up to her opinionated, loving mother (DIANNE WIEST) and secretly reaches out to the teenager involved in the accident that changed everything (MILES TELLER); meanwhile Howie lashes out and imagines solace with another woman (SANDRA OH). Yet, as off track as they are, the couple keeps trying to find their way back to a life that still holds the potential for beauty, laughter and happiness. The resulting journey is an intimate glimpse into two people learning to re-engage with each other and a world that has been tilted off its axis.
RABBIT HOLE is directed by John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) from a script by acclaimed playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The cast, led by Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Actress in a Leading Role, 2002) and Golden Globe® nominee Aaron Eckhart, includes two-time Oscar® winner Dianne Wiest (Hannah and Her Sisters, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1986; Bullets Over Broadway, Actress in a Supporting Role, 1994), Tammy Blanchard, Miles Teller, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney and Sandra Oh.
RABBIT HOLE is produced by Olympus Pictures, Blossom Films and OddLot Entertainment. Producers on the project are Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari and Gigi Pritzker. The executive producers are Daniel Revers, William Lischak, Linda McDonough and Brian O’Shea. Lionsgate presents an Olympic Pictures Blossom Films OddLot Entertainment production.
With numerous credits to his name, AARON ECKHART (Howie) is positioned among the industry’s finest. He has earned considerable acclaim for his roles, including the love interest of Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovich for director Stephen Soderbergh. However, it was his portrayal of a love-scorned, vengeful man in Neil LaBute’s controversial film, In the Company of Men which first drew him attention. Notably, this incendiary film became one of the highest grossing independent films of 1997.
Eckhart earned both a Golden Globe® and Independent Spirit Award nomination for his starring role in Jason Reitman’s directorial debut Thank You For Smoking for Fox Searchlight. He was most recently seen in Universal Pictures romantic dramedy Love Happens opposite Jennifer Aniston and Warner Bros.’ highly successful The Dark Knight, as ‘Harvey Dent’/’Two Face’ for director Christopher Nolan.
Eckhart has also starred in the Alan Ball drama Towelhead (Warner Independent), opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in No Reservations, the Scott Hicks remake of the 2001 German film Mostly Martha (Warner Bros), and the indie film Meet Bill (First Look). In addition he has appeared in John Woo’s adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s short story, Paycheck opposite Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman; Ron Howard’s The Missing opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett; The Core opposite Hilary Swank; Brian De Palma’s The Black Dahlia; and Conversations with Other Women opposite Helena Bonham Carter.
Upcoming for Eckhart are Battle: Los Angeles and The Rum Diary, opposite Johnny Depp.
Originally from Northern California, Eckhart studied theatre and film at Brigham Young University, where he met and appeared in many of Neil LaBute’s plays. In addition to In The Company of Men, he has starred in three other LaBute films including PosseSsion with Gwyneth Paltrow, Nurse Betty opposite Renee Zellweger, and Your Friends and Neighbors with Ben Stiller and Catherine Keener.
Other film credits include Sean Penn’s The Pledge opposite Jack Nicholson, Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday and Molly, opposite Elisabeth Shue.
His theater credits include Michael Cristofer’s Amazing Grace opposite Marsha Mason. Eckhart resides in Los Angeles.
