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Harrison's Flowers
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Harrison's Flowers
| image = Harrison's Flowers film poster.jpg
| caption = United States theatrical poster
| director = Elie Chouraqui
| producer = Elie Chouraqui
| writer = Elie Chouraqui
Didier Le Pcheur
Isabel Ellsen
| based_on =
| starring = Andie MacDowell
Elias Koteas
Brendan Gleeson
Adrien Brody
David Strathairn
| music = Bruno Coulais (international version)
Cliff Eidelman (USA version)
| cinematography = Nicola Pecorini
| editing = Jacques Witta
| studio = Le Studio Canal+
France 2 Cinma
Sept Films Cinema
| distributor = Cinevia Films (France)
Universal Pictures (United States)
| released =
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = France
United States
| language = English
French
Croatian
| budget = $8 million
| gross =
}}
'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 Sebastin International Film Festival, and released in theatres on 24 January 2001 in France. 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.
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.
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