The Box

You are the experiment.

The Box — Plot

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

• Release date
• October 29, 2009
• Runtime
• 115 min
• Genres
• Thriller, Science Fiction
• Director
• Richard Kelly

The Box — Cast

Cameron Diaz Norma Lewis James Marsden Arthur Lewis Frank Langella Arlington Steward James Rebhorn Norm Cahill Holmes Osborne Dick Burns Sam Oz Stone Walter Lewis Gillian Jacobs Dana Celia Weston Lana Burns