Harrison's Flowers

Infobox Film | name = Harrison's Flowers


caption = United States theatrical poster
director = Elie Chouraqui
producer = Elie Chouraqui Albert Cohen
writer = Screenplay:
Elie Chouraqui
Didier Le Pêcheur
Isabel Ellsen
Screenplay Collaboration: Michael Katims
Novel:
Isabel Ellsen
starring = Andie MacDowell Adrien Brody David Strathairn Marie Trintignant
Gerard Butler
Brendan Gleeson
Elias Koteas
music = Bruno Coulais(international version) Cliff Eidelman(USA version)
cinematography = Nicola Pecorini
editing = Jacques Witta
distributor = Universal Pictures (USA) (theatrical) Lionsgate (USA) (DVD) StudioCanal (international sales)
released = flagicon|France 24 January 2001 (France)
flagicon|USA 15 March, 2002 (USA)
runtime = 130 mins (international version)
121 mins (USA version)
country = France
language = English French Serbo-Croatian
budget = $8,000,000 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216799/business]
gross =
website = http://www.harrisons-flowers.com/
amg_id = 1:220904
imdb_id = 0216799

"Harrison's Flowers" is a 2000 French film by Elie Chouraqui. It stars, among others, Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, Marie Trintignant, Gerard Butler and David Strathairn.

Universal Pictures released this film in the United States theatrically [http://www.harrisons-flowers.com/hf_300k.html] , then Lionsgate released this film in the United States on DVD. [http://www.lionsgateshop.com/product.asp?Id=10010&TitleParentId=3627&View=Synopsis] For this film's United States version, the film's length was reduced by about 5 minutes [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216799/] ; it also features a new score by Cliff Eidelman [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216799/alternateversions] .

Plot

The film is concerned with Harrison Lloyd, a Pulitzer Prize-winning "Newsweek" photojournalist who travels on his last assignment to the former Yugoslavia in 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence. Although he is presumed to have died in a building collapse, his wife travels to the region to find him, believing him to be in the city of Vukovar. Travelling through the war-torn landscape, she arrives in the city, and bears witness to the massacre which took place there. Back home, Harrison's son Cesar cares for his father's flowers in their greenhouse. The flowers could symbolize the family's hope of finding Harrison.

Cast

*Andie MacDowell - Sarah Lloyd
*Elias Koteas - Yeager Pollack
*Brendan Gleeson - Marc Stevenson
*Adrien Brody - Kyle Morris
*David Strathairn - Harrison Lloyd
*Alun Armstrong - Samuel Brubeck
*Caroline Goodall - Johanna Pollack
*Diane Baker - Mary Francis
*Quinn Shephard - Margaux Lloyd
*Marie Trintignant - Cathy
*Christian Charmetant - Jeff
*Gerard Butler - Chris Kumac
*Scott Michael Anton - Cesar Lloyd

External links

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0216799/ IMDB page]
* [http://www.harrisons-flowers.com/ United States official site]