Elizabethtown | |
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Directed by | Cameron Crowe |
Written by | Cameron Crowe |
Produced by | Cameron Crowe Tom Cruise Paula Wagner |
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Cinematography | John Toll |
Edited by | David Moritz |
Music by | Nancy Wilson |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $45 million |
Box office | $52 million[1] |
Elizabethtown is a 2005 American romantic tragicomedy film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Its story follows a young shoe designer, Drew Baylor, who is fired from his job after costing his company an industry record of nearly one billion dollars. On the verge of suicide, Drew receives a call from his sister telling him that their father has died while visiting their former hometown of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Deciding to postpone his suicide and bring their father's body back to Oregon, he then becomes involved in an unexpected romance with Claire Colburn, whom he meets near the start of his journey. Elizabethtown stars Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Alec Baldwin, and Susan Sarandon.
The film was produced by Cruise/Wagner Productions and Vinyl Films. It premiered September 4, 2005, at the 2005 Venice Film Festival and was released worldwide on October 14, 2005. It grossed $10.6 million in its opening weekend and $52 million worldwide, against a budget of $45 million.[2] It received generally negative reviews from critics on Rotten Tomatoes,[3] and mixed reviews on Metacritic.[4]