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Elizabethtown
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PG13,2hrs 1min
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October 14, 2005
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Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: A young man in need of a fresh start gets one under highly unexpected circumstances in this emotionally resonant comedy drama from writer and director Cameron Crowe. Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is considered the big success story in his family, having moved away from the small Kentucky town where he was born to California, where he works as a designer for Mercury, the nation's biggest athletic shoe company. But success has begun to elude Drew -- his most recent design was a resounding flop that has ... Full Synopsis
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Perry Seibert
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Near the end of Elizabethtown, Claire Colburn (Kirsten Dunst) tells the lead character, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom), that he must go deep into the "beautiful melancholy" of everything that has happened to him. That pretty much sums up director Cameron Crowe's modus operandi for the movie. While Crowe would certainly describe the film as whimsical, the word Drew uses to describe the look on his father's ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Drew Baylor
Claire Colborn
Hollie Baylor, Mrs. Baylor
Heather Baylor, Heather
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