Harrison's Flowers

Harrison's Flowers is a 2000 film by Elie Chouraqui. It stars, among others, Andie MacDowell, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson, Adrien Brody, Marie Trintignant, Gerard Butler, and David Strathairn. The film is also Quinn Shephard's big screen debut. The film premiered at the 2000 San Sebastián International Film Festival,[8] and released in theatres on 24 January 2001 in France.[9] Universal Pictures released this film in the United States theatrically,[10] then Lionsgate released this film in the United States on DVD.[11] 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.[12][13]

Harrison's Flowers
United States theatrical poster
Directed byElie Chouraqui
Written byElie Chouraqui
Didier Le Pêcheur
Isabel Ellsen
Based onLe diable a l'avantage
by Isabel Ellsen
Produced byElie Chouraqui
StarringAndie MacDowell
Elias Koteas
Brendan Gleeson
Adrien Brody
David Strathairn
CinematographyNicola Pecorini
Edited byJacques Witta
Music byBruno Coulais (international version)
Cliff Eidelman (USA version)
Production
companies
Distributed byCinevia Films (France)[3]
Universal Pictures[lower-alpha 1] (United States)[2]
Release dates
  • 23 September 2000 (2000-09-23) (San Sebastián)
  • 24 January 2001 (2001-01-24) (France)
  • 15 March 2002 (2002-03-15) (United States)
Running time
130 minutes
CountriesFrance
United States[6][2][7]
LanguagesEnglish
French
Croatian
Budget$8 million

Plot

Harrison Lloyd, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsweek photojournalist, travels on his last assignment to the dissolving Yugoslavia in 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence. While there, he is presumed to have been killed in a building collapse. His wife travels to the region to find him, believing him to be in the city of Vukovar. Travelling through the war-torn landscape, she arrives in the city, and bears witness to the massacre which took place there. Back home, Harrison's son Cesar cares for his father's flowers in their greenhouse.

Cast

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a critic score of 49% based on reviews from 86 critics.[1]

Notes
  1. The film was originally picked up for distribution[4] and premiered in the United States by Universal's niche film label Universal Focus,[5] but eventually released in theaters by Universal itself shortly after the label shut down.

References
  1. Harrison's Flowers, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 2016-10-28
  2. "Harrison's Flowers (2002)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "Harrison's Flowers (2000)". UniFrance. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "Focus plants Flowers'". Variety. 22 May 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. "Preem showered with 'Flowers'". Variety. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2022. Universal Focus held its preem of "Harrison's Flowers" on Tuesday at the DGA in New York.
  6. "Harrison's Flowers (2000)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. "Film #17142: Harrison's Flowers". Lumiere. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. Rooney, David (2 October 2000). "Harrison's Flowers". Variety. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. Dunkley, Cathy; Harris, Dana (22 May 2001). "Focus plants 'Flowers'". Variety. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  10. "United States theatrical trailer". www.harrisons-flowers.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2004.
  11. "Buy HARRISON'S FLOWERS DVD from Lionsgate Shop". www.lionsgateshop.com.
  12. "Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Harrison's Flowers (2000)".
  13. "Film Score Daily: A REJECTED SCORE DISCOGRAPHY". Archived from the original on 2020-10-10.
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