The Man from Elysian Fields
| The Man from Elysian Fields | |
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| Directed by | George Hickenlooper |
| Written by | Phillip Jayson Lasker |
| Produced by | Andy García David Kronemeyer Andrew Pfeffer Donald Zuckerman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kramer Morgenthau |
| Edited by | Michael Brown |
| Music by | Anthony Marinelli |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,006,391 |
The Man from Elysian Fields is a 2001 American drama film directed by George Hickenlooper, and starring Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Olivia Williams, Julianna Margulies, and James Coburn.
Synopsis
[edit]After one book ending in the remainder bins, novelist Byron Tiller's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife. Desperate for any income, he meets Luther Fox, an Englishman who runs an exclusive escort service called Elysian Fields and is offered a job.
Hiding his new employment from his wife, Byron finds that one of his clients, Andrea, is married to a much older, ill Pulitzer Prize-winning author whom Tiller dramatically admires. Complications develop as he develops a relationship with the author, essentially co-writing his latest book. Tiller faces new challenges as he tries to separate a professional obligation to the wife and his client from a professional interest and responsibility to a fellow writer and her spouse.
Cast
[edit]- Andy Garcia as Byron Tiller
- Mick Jagger as Luther Fox[1]
- Julianna Margulies as Dena Tiller
- Olivia Williams as Andrea Alcott
- James Coburn as Tobias Alcott
- Anjelica Huston as Jennifer Adler
- Michael Des Barres as Nigel Halsey
- Richard Bradford as Edward Rodgers
Reception
[edit]On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film had a rating of 51% based on 70 reviews, with an average of 5.9/10. The site's consensus states: "Critics Consensus: This story about a gigolo isn't plausible or compelling enough."[2] On Metacritic it has a score of 57 based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]
It was hailed as "One of the Best Films of 2002" by critic Roger Ebert.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Clark, Ashley (2016-02-08). "Gimme celluloid: a history of Mick Jagger on film". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ The Man from Elysian Fields
- ^ Review of The Man from Elysian Fields Roger Ebert
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