Harrison's Flowers (2000)
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elie Chouraqui
- Written By
- Elie Chouraqui, Michael Katims, Isabel Ellsen
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 15, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Focus
Critic Reviews
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David Rooney, Variety
Provides powerful drama thanks to its trenchant core story and harrowing re-creation of the brutal chaos of war.
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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
The movie too often works against itself, pitting an increasingly implausible story with Chouraqui's hard-core realism.
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Loren King, Chicago Tribune
A powerhouse of a film about modern journalism and war.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Director Elie Chouraqui, who co-wrote the script, catches the chaotic horror of war, but why bother if you're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera?
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Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
It's part travelogue in Hell, part ineffectual weepie.
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Cast
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Andie MacDowell
as Sarah Lloyd
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David Strathairn
as Harrison Lloyd
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Elias Koteas
as Yeager Pollack
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Adrien Brody
as Kyle Morris
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Brendan Gleeson
as Marc Stevenson
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Alun Armstrong
as Samuel Brubeck
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Caroline Goodall
as Johanna Pollack
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Diane Baker
as Mary Francis
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Gerard Butler
as Chris Kumac
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Marie Trintignant
as Cathy
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Christian Charmettant
as Jeff
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Christopher Clarke
as David
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Kurt Cramer
as CNN Journalist
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Bela Grushka
as Nina Portnoy
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Michael Rogers
as Canadian Cameraman
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Bruce Solomon
as Rabbi
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Dale Wyatt
as Mistress of Ceremony
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Slobodan Milovanovic
as Base Commander
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Jessica Horvathova
as HTV Interviewer
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Corey Johnson
as Peter Francis
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Scott Michael Anton
as Cesar Lloyd
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Dragan Antonic
as Chetnik
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Marie-Beatrice Bernert
as Austrian Woman
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Predrag Bjelac
as Doctor in Vukovar
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Antony Boehm
as Freddy
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Nicole Estabrooks
as Journalist 4
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Francis Simon
as Layout Technician
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Milan Gargula
as Katzman
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Rich Gold
as Journalist 1
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Amy Huck
as Cybil
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Joel Kirby
as Michael
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Rianne Kooiman
as Newsweek Journalist
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Liliana Krstic
as Old Woman
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Gregory Linington
as Journalist 2
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Mirko Medenica
as Croatian Officer
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Deborah Michaels
as Journalist 3
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Sasa Nikolitch
as Chtiomac
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Zivko Petrov
as Nustar Peasant
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Dragan Radivojevic
as Sniper
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Quinn Shepherd
as Margaux Lloyd
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Joel Sugarman
as Nelson
