Everything Is Illuminated
by Liev Schreiber
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Actor: Boris Leskin, Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Jana Hrabetova, Jonathan Safran FoerDirector: Liev Schreiber
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Jonathan Safran Foer
Writer: Liev Schreiber
Producer: David Minkowski
Producer: Kelley Cribben
Producer: Marc Turtletaub
Producer: Matthew Stillman
Producer: Peter Saraf
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Everything Is Illuminated
DVD Review: Illumination
Summary: 5 Stars
Hilarious interpretations of the English language, very intriguing, mysterious storyline journey. An altogether original film. Read the book afterwards--it's even more complex. DVD Review: EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
Summary: 5 Stars
My brother and I had planned almost the same trip to trace the roots of both my mother and father.
Before going I did some research and found there is no evidence remaining that their family ever existed.
DVD Review: Any DVD extras
Summary: 4 Stars
Movie fine and funny - that is why the rating. But nobody in primary reviews says - nor does Amazon - if there are any extras - particularly interested in deleted scenes since they are mentioned in IMDB. Only want DVD's including such, so would like to know.DVD Review: Great Movie. Need to watch it twice.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great movie. It did not get much attention, but is a great film. The decision to come at this story from the travel guide's perspective is wonderful. Highly recommend this film.DVD Review: wonderful--great job, everyone !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Everything Is Illuminated tells the highly interesting story of a young Jewish man, Jonathan Safran Foer (played well by Elijah Wood), who travels to Ukraine from America to find the woman who rescued his grandfather during World War II. The acting is rather convincing and the plot moves along at a good pace; I was never once bored and I enjoyed the humor which comes mostly at the beginning of the film. The cinematography is excellent and they did a fairly good job, although not a perfect one, of adapting the real life Jonathan Foer's book into a movie.
When the action starts, Jonathan, who loves to collect things so he won't forget his past, comes to Ukraine and meets his "guides," a rather crabby old man (Boris Leskin) and his grandson Alex (played brilliantly by Eugene Hutz). Boris and Alex also have with them the grandfather's "seeing eye b*tch;" the grandfather claims he is blind but of course he's really not sight impaired at all.
It isn't long before they start heir journey to the small village named Trachimbrod where Jonathan's grandfather was rescued by Augustine, the villager Jonathan hopes very much to find. They get lost along the way and get hit up by a small kid demanding chewing gum before he'll clear the way for the car; and the scenes in which Jonathan has to sit in the rear of the car with a dog he's afraid of are very funny indeed. I also agree with the reviewer who writes that as time goes along Jonathan and Alex's two personalities balance each other out very well and in some sense Alex does become an older brother for Jonathan.
Eventually they get started in the right direction after all. Of course, questions arise. Will Trachimbrod be built up again after the Germans wiped it off the map during the war? Will they find Augustine and be able to thank her; or will they find a relative of Augustine's instead? What happens when a very deep secret of the grandfather's is finally revealed toward the end of the film? No plot spoilers here, folks--watch the movie and find out!
The DVD has a few extras but not as many as I would have liked. The film's soundtrack has some pretty good musical numbers by Gogol Bordello.
Overall, Everything Is Illuminated is an outstanding motion picture that I highly recommend. It will have special significance for the Jewish community and persons studying the era of World War II. Great job, everyone!
Description of Everything Is Illuminated
Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, "Everything is Illuminated" tells the story 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 absurd circumstances turns into a meaningful journey with a powerful series of revelations -- the importance of remembrance, the perilous nature of secrets, the legacy of the Holocaust, and the meaning of friendship.DVD Features:
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