Elizabethtown (film)

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Movie
German title Elizabethtown
Original title Elizabethtown
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 123 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director Cameron Crowe
script Cameron Crowe
production Cameron Crowe,
Tom Cruise ,
Paula Wagner
music Nancy Wilson
camera John great
cut David Moritz
occupation

Elizabethtown is a US tragicomedy from the year 2005 . Directed by Cameron Crowe , who also wrote the script . Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst played the main roles .

action

The young industrial designer Drew Baylor has been creating a visionary model of new sports shoes for years. Shortly after the launch, however, a recall is necessary, which causes Drew's employer a great loss. Of course Drew loses his job, his girlfriend leaves him, and a major business magazine is even supposed to publish an article about his guilt for the fiasco . Drew then plans his suicide . Shortly before his plan was carried out, his sister called: His father, Mitch, died in his hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky . At his mother's request, he should fly over there to arrange for the corpse to be transferred to her in Oregon and for the burial.

On the plane, Drew meets the somewhat exuberant-looking flight attendant, Claire Colburn. As a farewell she drafts an unsolicited map of how to get to Elizabethtown and gives him the urgent advice not to miss his departure - he promptly misses it.

In Elizabethtown, Drew's father, a graduate of the United States Military Academy , is a hero; everyone knew him and regrets his death. The father's family and acquaintances push for a funeral in Elizabethtown. However, Drew sticks to his mother's plan to have the body cremated and transferred. Not an easy task, because his mother and her family have been rather poorly regarded in Elizabethtown, especially since they moved to Oregon. Drew also notes with regret how little he actually knew about his father.

In the evening in a lonely hotel room, Drew tries in vain to reach his sister or ex-girlfriend. Frustrated, he spontaneously calls Claire, her number was also on the sketch. The two start a long conversation. They enjoy each other. Claire suggests that instead of taking a plane, he could drive home overland by car, alone and with good music. At dawn, Drew and Claire agree to watch the sun rise together. They meet at a river, but are disappointed by the sunrise and drive back to town separately.

Meanwhile, Drew's mother tries out a lot of things she always wanted to do. She is learning to quilt and repair cars, she would like to learn to laugh again and deal with healthy eating. She announces her coming for the funeral service, which is now due to take place in Elizabethtown.

Claire has to work, but swaps with a colleague to help Drew prepare for the memorial service. You buy an urn. He starts flirting with her, but she is uninterested. She explains that her almost permanently absent friend Ben will come and that she has no interest in Drew. The two get a little closer, but prefer to remain friends.

The planning of the celebration is now in full swing. Drew is now getting to know and appreciate his family better. Drew has his father's body cremated. After Drew has picked up the urn, he meets Claire again at the hotel, who tells him that her boyfriend did not show up. Drew now makes a declaration of love to Claire, this time they open up to each other and spend the night together. Drew reveals his catastrophic professional situation to her, she also talks very openly about her life. Both do not want to enter into a relationship because they do not feel ready for a new relationship.

At the elaborately designed memorial service the next day, many relatives and friends hold a farewell speech for the deceased. Drew's mother performs a touching tap dance that earns her the sympathy of the family. During the band's performance, a room fire breaks out and the funeral service ends in chaos. When all the guests leave the hall, Claire intercepts Drew at the exit and hands him a two-day itinerary and self-made music CDs with accompanying comments from her. Drew is supposed to make a musical journey in several stages and in this way grapple with the past, his professional failure and the death of his father.

Drew sets off with his father's ashes. On the trip he actually processes a lot of things from the past. As planned by Claire, he stops at various stations, he looks at sights and gradually scatters his father's ashes. At the end of the trip, he ends up at a farmers market, where Claire is already waiting for him. They hug each other and kiss.

Reviews

Film-Dienst wrote that the “stylistically differentiated” film was a “modern fairy tale told with great feeling in places” , which , of course, “ linked the numerous threads and genres too indecisively” . “Melancholic romantic comedy, twisted love story, family psychogram and new economy satire” would “not really form a convincing unit” .

Awards

The song Square One of Tom Petty was in 2006 for a Grammy Award nomination.

Nancy Wilson as composer, the soundtrack and the song Same In Any Language were nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award in 2006.

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

backgrounds

The film was among others in Los Angeles and in some other places in California , in Portland ( Oregon ), in Memphis ( Tennessee ), in Arkansas , in Kentucky , in Nebraska and Oklahoma turned. Its production amounted to an estimated 57 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on September 5, 2005 at the Venice International Film Festival, followed in early September 2005 by the American Film Festival in Deauville and the Toronto International Film Festival . The film grossed approximately $ 26.8 million in US cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release to Elizabethtown . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2005 (PDF; test number: 103 933 K).
  2. ^ Age rating for Elizabethtown . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ^ Elizabethtown in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed June 23, 2008
  4. ^ Filming locations for Elizabethtown , accessed June 24, 2008
  5. ^ Box office / business for Elizabethtown , accessed June 23, 2008
  6. ↑ Release dates for Elizabethtown , accessed June 24, 2008