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Elizabethtown [2005]
Elizabethtown has all of the elements of a great Cameron Crowe movie, but none of the
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Cameron Crowe vision that made Almost Famous work. It's mostly a series of sweet moments, each capped with the right song at the right time; in fact, the soundtrack i...
Elizabethtown [2005]
Elizabethtown has all of the elements of a great Cameron Crowe movie, but none of the
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Cameron Crowe vision that made Almost Famous work. It's mostly a series of sweet moments, each capped with the right song at the right time; in fact, the soundtrack i...
ELIZABETHTOWN
Though it revolves around death, Cameron Crowe's hotly anticipated follow-up to 'Vanilla
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Sky' is optimistic overall, beaming with the same life-affirming mood as the crowd-pleasers 'Jerry Maguire and 'Almost Famous'. Promising young shoe-designer Drew ...
Advantages: great characters, funny, sad at times, interesting viewing Disadvantages: universally panned by the critics
*****"Trust me. Everybody is less mysterious than they think they are."*****
I'm not really a big Cameron Crowe fan. I liked "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (which he wrote), I didn't really mind "Almost Famous","Vanilla Sky" was so-so (and I could only stand to watch it once) but I LOATHED "Jerry Maguire" with a passion (I'm not sure why) and since then I've been very anti-Crowe. So when a friend of mine loaned me "Elizabethtown", I certainly didn't ... ...to even get around to watching it and when I finally settled down to do so, you would probably have thought I was about to be subjected to watching paint dry or a kettle boil due to the decided lack of enthusiasm on my face.
But some things can surprise you. And this film certainly did.
*****"Because we have a moment here, let me tell you that I have recently become a secret connoisseur of 'last looks'. You know the way people look at you when ...
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Advantages: A Joy To Watch Orlando getting a serious role for acting Disadvantages: Kirsten Dunst - is she a serial liar?
...explain why my review of Elizabethtown is entitled 'Where's My Lost DVD?' I am a member of a online DVD rental company, I have a rental list on the said companies website and you can appoint the rentals on your list as: High Priority or 'Give me this NOW'
Medium Priority or 'I'm not sure about this one but send it me anyway' Low Priority or 'Don't send me this ever' So anything you really, really want to see you put on high priority. So far so good, ... ...the family to go to Elizabethtown to bring his father back home, as he had died while on a trip seeing relatives. Drew flies out and meets Clare, one of the stewardesses on his flight, she helpfully draws him a map and gives him her phone number. Drew arrives in Elizabethtown and ... well he meets relatives, and meets people, and finds hope and life and begins a trip of his own.
My opinion:
As stated earlier, I wanted to slate this film for not ...
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Advantages: Great soundtrack, beautiful cinematography Disadvantages: Poor choice of lead actors, overly long
...a free chance to see Elizabethtown I took it. And I was even more disappointed with it that I had expected to be. The Cast
Orlando Bloom………………Drew Baylor
Kirsten Dunst………………..Claire Colburn
Susan Sarandon……………..Hollie Baylor
Alec Baldwin………………..Phil de Voss
Bruce McGill………………..Bill Banyon
Judy Greer…………………..Heather Baylor
Jessica Biel………………….Ellen Kishmore
Paul Schneider………………Jessie Baylor
Loudon Wainwright III………Uncle Dale
Gailard Sartain………………Charles ... ...was not unsubstantiated. Elizabethtown tries too hard to belong to two very different types of genres, and in the end fits into neither. It is not deep enough to mark your life or beliefs, it's not funny enough to keep you laughing for two hours. In fact sometimes the mix is just to inane - for example during the memorial service, after the touching words and reminiscences, a large paper mache bird, catches on fire and crashes in to those gathered ...
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Advantages: Nice ideas Disadvantages: Serious miscasting, patchy direction and a lack of focus
Drew Baylor's life isn't going to plan; his latest sports shoe design is so bad that it's just cost his company millions of dollars. As a result he's lost his job and his girlfriend and just as he's about to commit suicide, his sister calls and tells him his father has died. So it's up to him to go to his dad's hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky to arrange the funeral. On the way he meets a quirky airhostess, who makes him see that life may be worth ... ...he's great at creating engaging heroes with complex lives but simple needs (to love and be loved). However, his latest effort is rather a disappointment. Written in the aftermath of his own father's death, it suffers from self-indulgence. It's a messy mish-mash of ideas and characters that lacks focus. It can't decide what sort of film it is for a start; part romantic comedy, part coming-of-age dramedy (that's drama with a hint of comedy) it finishes ...
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Advantages: Easy watching Disadvantages: Dragged in places
The film starts almost straight away with no long credits. The first scene shows some trainers being recalled so you know straight away that there is some problem with the trainers. A man called Drew Baylor begins to talk over these scenes informing the watcher that he is the designer or these shoes. We then see him walking through the building where he works and being taken to see Phil Devoss, his boss, played by Alec Baldwin. Phil explains that ... ...see Drew deciding that the next plan of action is to end his own life. He feels that after putting so much time into the company that there isn’t much else for him. His girlfriend also worked at the company and doesn’t want to know him after this. So he feels there is nothing left. At this point is when he receives a phone call to tell him that his dad had died. This stops him from committing suicide but in his own mind, he is only delaying it until ...
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Actor(s): Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Judy Geeson, Jessica Biel, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill, Paula Deen, Tom DeVitt, Paul Schneider, Loudon Wainwright, Tom Cruise
Director(s): Cameron Crowe
Genre: Comedy - Romantic
Classification: 12 years and over
Production Year: 2005
Running Time: 1 hour 58 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Though it revolves around death, Cameron Crowe's hotly anticipated follow-up to 'Vanilla Sky' is optimistic overall, beaming with the same life-affirming mood as the crowd-pleasers 'Jerry Maguire and 'Almost Famous'. Promising young shoe-designer Drew Baylor quickly learns how failure feels when his innovative but foolish design for a winged sneaker becomes the humiliation of the footwear industry. Informed of the magnitude of his mistake, Drew applies his design skills to the task of suicide by duct-taping a knife to an exercise machine. This melodramatic act is interrupted, however, when Drew receives a call from his sister, informing him that his father has died while on a trip to his home town of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Drew's mother, Hollie, elects him to go deal with the arrangements because he is the responsible and successful one. The only passenger on his flight, Drew meets Claire, a perky stewardess, who takes the opportunity to talk his ear off despite his apparent desire for some personal space. Supplying Drew with detailed hand-drawn maps, instructions for how not to get lost, and three phone numbers where she can be reached, Claire tenderly sends him off to confront a town full of relatives he has never met. Once in Elizabethtown, Drew is subjected to relentless family wackiness from people who seem to have known his father better than he did. Meanwhile, he stumbles into a hesitant romance with neurotic but charming Claire, whose anal-retentive wisdom, lust for life, and good taste in music may help Drew come to terms with his newly diminished place in the world and to see it as possibly a better one. A love story, family drama, and road trip in one, 'Elizabethtown' boasts another of Crowe's excellent soundtracks, with artists like Tom Petty and Elton John giving the film much of its emotional drive.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date: 06/02/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: PHE 8748
Barcode: 5014437874832
Executive Producer: Paula Wagner
Producer: Paula Wagner
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Hearing Impaired Language: English
DVD Description
Though it revolves around death, Cameron Crowe's hotly anticipated follow-up to 'Vanilla Sky' is optimistic overall, beaming with the same life-affirming mood as the crowd-pleasers 'Jerry Maguire and 'Almost Famous'. Promising young shoe-designer Drew Baylor quickly learns how failure feels when his innovative but foolish design for a winged sneaker becomes the humiliation of the footwear industry. Informed of the magnitude of his mistake, Drew applies his design skills to the task of suicide by duct-taping a knife to an exercise machine. This melodramatic act is interrupted, however, when Drew receives a call from his sister, informing him that his father has died while on a trip to his home town of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Drew's mother, Hollie, elects him to go deal with the arrangements because he is the responsible and successful one. The only passenger on his flight, Drew meets Claire, a perky stewardess, who takes the opportunity to talk his ear off despite his apparent desire for some personal space. Supplying Drew with detailed hand-drawn maps, instructions for how not to get lost, and three phone numbers where she can be reached, Claire tenderly sends him off to confront a town full of relatives he has never met. Once in Elizabethtown, Drew is subjected to relentless family wackiness from people who seem to have known his father better than he did. Meanwhile, he stumbles into a hesitant romance with neurotic but charming Claire, whose anal-retentive wisdom, lust for life, and good taste in music may help Drew come to terms with his newly diminished place in the world and to see it as possibly a better one. A love story, family drama, and road trip in one, 'Elizabethtown' boasts another of Crowe's excellent soundtracks, with artists like Tom Petty and Elton John giving the film much of its emotional drive.
Technical information
Special Features: Training Wheels, Extended Scenes, Meet The Crew, Photo Gallery, Theatrical Trailers
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English German Turkish
Professional reviews
Review: The film's best moments are pure expressions of feeling.... Bloom is surprisingly comfortable in the role of Drew, coming off as sweet, warm and easygoing, and easily in touch with his pit of despair (Los Angeles Times, )
