Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

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Everything is Illuminated
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Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: Sep 23, 2005
Running Time: 104 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Liev Schreiber
synopsis
Tale of a young man's quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. What starts out as a journey to piece together one family’s story under the most absurd circumstances turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations--the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, the meaning of friendship and, most importantly, love.
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - September 15, 2005
In his debut as a director and screenwriter, Liev Schreiber -- a smart, risk-taking actor -- falls into the traps set by an unadaptable novel. Jonathan Safran Foer's best-selling 2002 meta-memoir centers on an obsessive writer named Jonathan (Elijah Wood) who collects artifacts of his life and hangs them on his wall to make sense of the past. Leaving New York for the Ukraine, Jonathan hopes to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. The book rivals the work of Kurt Vonnegut for… Continued
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When his Lord of the Rings honeymoon ran its billion-dollar course, Elijah Wood seemed to be at a career crossroads. Luckily for him, he seems to have stumbled upon the perfect transition film in Liev Schreiber's Everything Is Illuminated. Let's hope it doesn't fly completely under the radar.

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Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated is the story of the author's journey to track down the woman who saved his grandfather during the Nazi… Continued

cast + crew
Liev Schreiber
Director
Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
Alex
Boris Leskin
Grandfather
Laryssa Lauret
Lista
Jana Hrabetova
Jonathan's Grandmother
Stepan Samudovsky
Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
Jonathan Safran Foer
Leaf blower
Ljubomir Dezera
Young Jonathan
Oleksandr Choroshko
Alexander Perchov(Father)
Gil Kazimirov
Igor
Liev Schreiber
Screenplay
Jonathan Safran Foer
Source Material
Marc Turtletaub
Producer
Peter Saraf
Producer
Matthew Stillman
Executive Producer
David Minkowski
Co-Producer
Kelley Cribben
Associate Producer

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