Academy Award winners Anothony Hopkins (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) and Nicole Kidman (THE HOURS) along with Gary Sinise (FORREST GUMP) and Ed Harris (THE HOURS) star in the provocative mystery THE HUMAN STAIN. Coleman Silk (Hopkins) has a secret. A terrible fifty-year-old secret that the esteemed college professor has kept hidden from everyone - including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover (Kidman) - and it's about to ruin his entire life.