Elephant (DVD, 2004)

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This DVD is a must-have for fans of Gus Van Sant's work. The film, titled "Elephant," is a 2004 drama starring Alex Frost, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, and Eric Deulen. The movie is rated R and is in DVD format. The story follows a group of young people who are killed by an elephant, and the traumatic effect it has on the survivors. The movie received critical acclaim and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with Nicole Kidman winning Best Actress for her role as Virginia Woolf. This DVD is a great addition to any movie collection and is sure to provide hours of entertainment.

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Gus Van Sant's drifty, eloquent, and effortlessly poignant ELEPHANT is loosely based on the massacre at Columbine High School. (On April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado two 17-year-old boys fired semiautomatic weapons on their high school classmates, killing 13, injuring 25, and then taking their own lives.) Van Sant's film is set in Portland, Oregon and uses non-actors chosen from an open casting call of high school students. On a crisp, sunny fall day, with colorful leaves on the trees and puffy clouds drifting across blue skies, students arrive at school as usual. Eli takes photographs for his portfolio, John manages problems with his alcoholic father, Acadia attends a gay-lesbian meeting, Nate plays a game of tag football, and Michelle works in the library. Meanwhile, two outsiders, Eric and Alex, harbor hatred for their peers. Each of ELEPHANT's students have unique interests and personalities, and the film respectfully emphasizes their individuality. It also demonstrates how school is an unpredictable blender where students' differences are constantly agitated. Harris Savides' excellent photography--shot in 1:33 aspect ratio, making the movie a cube in the center of the screen--follows and floats, sometimes blurring and juxtaposing the light to achieve an ethereal mood; while Leslie Shatz's ambient sound design and a soundtrack of soft Beethoven piano music completes that feeling. The film is structured in brief overlapping chapters all taking place the morning of the 11:35 A.M. attack.ELEPHANT won the Palme D'Or and Best Director at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

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UPC0026359222924
eBay Product ID (ePID)6476780

Product Key Features

ActorAlex Frost, John Robinson, Elias Mcconnell, Eric Deulen
RatingR
Movie/TV TitleElephant
DirectorGus Van Sant
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Signal StandardDvd
Leading RoleAlex Frost, John Robinson, Elias Mcconnell, Eric Deulen
Release Date20040504
Film CountryUSA

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