Theater Release:
August 12, 2005
DVD Release:
March 21, 2006
Genre:
Drama
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for disturbing images/violence, sexual content and language
Main Cast:
Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz
Director:
Liev Schreiber
Producer:
Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
Screenwriter:
Liev Schreiber
Studio:
Warner Independent Pictures
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Everything is Illuminated |
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 Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated tells the story of a young American Jewish man's search for a woman from a small Ukrainian town wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion, a woman who saved his grandfather.
The search begins with an eccentric trio of paid "expert" guides who, in reality, severely lack any expertise. The trio consists of a cranky grandfather, his rowdy seeing-eye dog to help him drive, and his over-enthusiastic grandson, whose fractured command of English, passion for retro American pop culture, and inability to shut up threaten to make the worst of every situation.
But what starts out as the tour from hell turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey--with an unexpected and powerful series of revelations that will indelibly change all of their lives.
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