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• Genre: War
• Movie Type: War Drama
• Themes: Members of the Press, Obsessive Quests, Americans Abroad
• Director: Elie Chouraqui
• Main Cast: Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, Elias Koteas, Adrien Brody, Brendan Gleeson
• Release Year: 2000
• Country: FR
• Run Time: 130 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

French director Elie Chouraqui adapts the novel of the same name into this drama, that, although set in 1991, became tragically topical in the weeks before its release due to the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Andie MacDowell stars as Sarah, a photo editor for Newsweek and the happily married wife of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn). Harrison has been reconsidering his career of covering the world's war zone "hot spots" in order to spend more time with his family, and is accused by his colleague, Kyle (Adrien Brody), of playing it too safe in his risky profession. Harrison elects to accept one more combat assignment to cover the simmering tensions in Croatia, a conflict that quickly erupts into a full-scale, genocidal Civil War. Informed that Harrison is believed to have been killed in the fighting, Sarah refuses to accept her husband's death and becomes convinced that she's seen him, alive, in a news broadcast. She travels to Croatia on a quest to find him, and is eventually aided by Kyle, as well as two of Harrison's other colleagues, Yeager (Elias Koteas) and Stevenson (Brendan Gleeson). The group, armed with cameras instead of weapons, witnesses the horrors and atrocities unfolding in the region, while tracing the elusive path of Harrison, who may well be dead already. Harrison's Flowers was distributed by Universal Focus, the art house division of Universal Pictures that previously released Mulholland Drive (2001) and Billy Elliott (2000). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Andie MacDowell - Sarah Lloyd
• David Strathairn - Harrison Lloyd
• Elias Koteas - Yeager Pollack
• Adrien Brody - Kyle Morris
• Brendan Gleeson - Marc Stevenson

Alun Armstrong - Samuel Brubeck; Caroline Goodall - Johanna Pollack; Diane Baker - Mary Francis; Gerard Butler - Chris Kumac; Marie Trintignant - Cathy; Christian Charmettant - Jeff; Christopher Clarke - David; Kurt Cramer - CNN Journalist; Bela Grushka - Nina Portnoy; Michael Rogers - Canadian Cameraman; Bruce Solomon - Rabbi; Dale Wyatt - Mistress of Ceremony; Slobodan Milovanovic - Base Commander; Jessica Horvathova - HTV Interviewer; Corey Johnson - Peter Francis; Scott Michael Anton - Cesar Lloyd; Dragan Antonic - Chetnik; Marie-Beatrice Bernert - Austrian Woman; Predrag Bjelac - Doctor in Vukovar; Antony Boehm - Freddy; Nicole Estabrooks - Journalist 4; Simon Francis - Layout Technician; Milan Gargula - Katzman; Rich Gold - Journalist 1; Amy Huck - Cybil; Joel Kirby - Michael; Rianne Kooiman - Newsweek Journalist; Liliana Krstic - Old Woman; Gregory Linington - Journalist 2; Mirko Medenica - Croatian Officer; Deborah Michaels - Journalist 3; Sasa Nikolitch - Chtiomac; Zivko Petrov - Nustar Peasant; Dragan Radivojevic - Sniper; Quinn Shepherd - Margaux Lloyd; Joel Sugarman - Nelson

Credit

Giantito Burchiellaro - Production Designer; Elie Chouraqui - Director; Elie Chouraqui - Camera Operator; Elie Chouraqui - Producer; Elie Chouraqui - Screenwriter; Jacques Witta - Editor; Cathy Sandrich - Casting; Amanda Mackey-Johnson - Casting; Jessica Horvathova - Casting; Guillaume Sciama - Sound/Sound Designer; Petr Drozda - Runner; Mimi Lempicka - Costume Designer; Didier Le Pêcheur - Screenwriter; Lucinda Syson - Casting; Nicola Pecorini - Cinematographer; Ailo Auguste - Editor; Luc Delahaye - Still Photographer; Sandra Terryn - Casting; Ondrej Nerud - Production Manager; Christopher Morris - Still Photographer; Isabel Ellsen - Still Photographer; Patrick Robert - Still Photographer; Karine Bensa - Second Assistant Director; Petr Hartl - First Assistant Director; Lucie Pascu - First Assistant Director; Pavel Typolt - First Assistant Director; Matthias Weber - First Assistant Director; Donatienne De Goros - Script Supervisor; Mercedes Danforth - Casting Assistant; Alena Kubalkova - Extra Casting; Yves Debay - Consultant/advisor; Frantisek Koch - Technical Advisor; Pplk. Miroslav Lysina - Technical Advisor; Eliane Lacroux - Production Manager; Francois Pulliat - Unit Production Manager; Petr Splichal - Unit Production Manager; Sarka Cimbalova - Production Coordinator; Alexandre Vernerey - Production Coordinator; Frederique Alexandre - Production Coordinator; Veronika Gocova - Production Assistant; Lucas Bielan - Camera Operator; Jiri Tichacek - Production Accountant; Stefano Falivene - Camera Operator; Danielle Foatelli - Production Accountant; Lenka Pospisilova - Production Accountant; Vaclav Hanka - Runner; Ladislav Nedved - Runner; Alex De Beauvoir - Runner; Nicolas Goret - Runner; Patrick Levasseur - Runner; Mehdi Mounder - Runner; Laurence Henaff - Production Secretary

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