August, 2005 - Nr. 8
Cameron Crowe’s
Elizabethtown
A North American Premiere Gala Presentation
Toronto - ELIZABETHTOWN, the latest film by Academy Award©-winning director Cameron Crowe (ALMOST FAMOUS) receives its North American premiere as a Gala Presentation at the 30th Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, ELIZABETHTOWN is the heartwarming story of an unexpected romance that develops amidst the backdrop of a Kentucky patriarch’s hilariously elaborate memorial. The film also stars Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Judy Greer, Bruce McGill, Jessica Biel, and Paul Schneider.
Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom), once a rising star at a leading athletic shoe company, has just been fired due to the overwhelming failure of his design for a sneaker and the $972 million loss his company suffered because of the fiasco. As if that wasn’t bad enough, things get even worse: Drew receives a phone call informing him that his father has passed away - and now, he must get on a plane for Elizabethtown, Kentucky, to retrieve his father’s remains.
On the plane ride, Drew meets Claire (Kirsten Dunst), a flight attendant and unstoppably positive woman who changes the course of his life. It is in Kentucky that he comes to learn the breadth of his father’s life and his own family roots. Drew, with the help of Claire, submits to discovering the possibilities for his own destiny. A love letter to the resilience of the life force, ELIZABETHTOWN is a charming music-filled journey that proves amazing things can happen when you least expect them.
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, ELIZABETHTOWN is produced by Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, and Cameron Crowe. A Cruise/Wagner-Vinyl Films production, the film is distributed in North America by Paramount Pictures.
Gala Presentations at Roy Thomson Hall are made possible through the sponsorship of VIACOM, Paramount Pictures Canada Distribution Inc., and Showtime Networks Inc.
