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Harrison’s Flowers movie storyline. Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he’s in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he’s got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting.
Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his wife Sarah (also a journalist for Newsweek) refuses to believe that he’s dead and goes looking for him. She’s helped immensely by the photo-journalists Eric Kyle and Marc Stevenson that she runs into over there; together, they’re determined to make it through the chaotic landscape to Vukovar, which is not only the nexus of the war but where she believes Harrison is located. Meanwhile, Harrison’s son Cesar is looking after his father’s prized greenhouse, keeping hope, and flowers, alive.
Harrison’s Flowers is a 2001 French film by Elie Chouraqui. It stars, among others, Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn, Alun Armstrong, Caroline Goodall, Diane Baker, Gerard Butler and Marie Trintignant. The film is also Quinn Shephard’s big screen debut.
Universal Pictures released this film in the United States theatrically, then Lionsgate released this film in the United States on DVD. For this film’s United States version, the film’s length was reduced by about 5 minutes; it also features a new score by Cliff Eidelman.
Harrison’s Flowers (2002)
Directed by: Elie Chouraqui
Starring: Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, David Strathairn, Quinn Shephard, Caroline Goodall, Diane Baker, Gerard Butler, Marie Trintignant
Screenplay by: Elie Chouraqui, Didier Le Pêcheur, Isabel Ellsen
Production Design by: Giantito Burchiellaro
Cinematography by: Nicola Pecorini
Film Editing by: Baxter, Emmanuelle Castro, Jacques Witta
Costume Design by: Mimi Lempicka
Set Decoration by: Nello Giorgetti
Art Direction by: Martin Martinec
Music by: Bruno Coulais, Cliff Eidelman
MPAA Rating: R for strong war violence and gruesome images, pervasive language and brief drug use.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: January 24, 2001 (France), March 15, 2002 (United States)
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