The Color of Time

The Color of Time

One man, one life. A thousand memories

R 2012 · 72 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama, Romance

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

Directed by Edna Luise Biesold · Written by Edna Luise Biesold

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Rent or Buy

Cast

James Franco C.K. Williams (age 40)
Mila Kunis Catherine
Jessica Chastain Mrs. Williams
Zach Braff Albert
Henry Hopper C.K. Williams
Bruce Campbell Goody
Vince Jolivette Mr. Williams
Evan Kole Boy Croquet Player
Giavani Cairo Dan
Kimberly Harsch Woman in window
Ingrid Mortimer
Sharron Nelson

Make it a double feature

4h 41m together

The Color of Time

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

A close match in mood and era.

More from Edna Luise BiesoldSee all →

Stop-Motion

Stop-Motion · 2024

After a tragic accident, a woman cares for her injured mother while coping through stop-motion filmmaking, mending strained family ties, and seeking growth amidst grief.

Viral Beauty

Viral Beauty · 2018

MovieRomanceComedy

After posting a brash dating ad online, Marsha Day is thrown into the limelight when Perez Hilton shares the video with his legion of followers. Becoming a viral hit, Marsha is scooped up by a talent manager who creates a hit online channel based on Marsha's life and shenanigans. But as Marsha gains fame and fortune, she is forced to wrestle with her sense of identity in a celebrity-obsessed world. Things become hotter and more complicated when she's wooed by a handsome fitness entrepreneur who challenges her ideas of a fairy tale romance. Starring real Youtubers and innovatively told, Viral Beauty is an innovative tech-comedy not to be missed.

Nose Job

Nose Job · 2011

15 year-old Iranian-American, Roya, hasn't grown into her features. Awkward and graceless, she spends her time fantasizing about becoming a famous model, giving mock interviews to herself. Roya wants nothing more than for her mother to tell her she's beautiful. Unfortunately, her mother has some very strict requirements.

More Like This

What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants · 2003

What a Girl Wants

MovieFamilyComedy

American Daphne Reynolds heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her boho mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost father is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

The Clearing

The Clearing · 2004

MovieDramaMystery

When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham · 2001

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

MovieComedyDrama

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

Waitress

Waitress · 2007

MovieDramaComedy

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

Water Lilies

Water Lilies · 2007

MovieDramaRomance

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

Sommersby

Sommersby · 1993

MovieDramaThriller

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

Shower

MovieComedyDrama

An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.

Black Cat, White Cat

Black Cat, White Cat · 1998

Black Cat, White Cat

MovieComedyRomance

A small-time hustler makes a deal with a notorious gangster to whom he owes money: marry his teenage son to the latter's daughter. However, the young lovers are not as agreeable.

Whale Rider

Whale Rider · 2003

MovieDramaFamily

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

The Story of the Weeping Camel

The Story of the Weeping Camel · 2004

The Story of the Weeping Camel

MovieDocumentaryDrama

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.

The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker · 1962

The Miracle Worker

MovieDramaHistory

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

The Queen

The Queen · 2006

MovieDramaHistory

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise between what was a private tragedy for the Royal family and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning.

The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd · 2006

The Good Shepherd

MovieDramaThriller

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter