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 Sebastián International Film Festival,[8] and released in theatres on 24 January 2001 in France.[9] Universal Pictures released this film in the United States theatrically,[10] then Lionsgate released this film in the United States on DVD.[11] 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.[12][13]

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Harrison's Flowers
United States theatrical poster
Directed by	Elie Chouraqui
Written by	Elie Chouraqui Didier Le Pêcheur Isabel Ellsen
Based on	Le diable a l'avantage by Isabel Ellsen
Produced by	Elie Chouraqui
Starring	Andie MacDowell Elias Koteas Brendan Gleeson Adrien Brody David Strathairn
Cinematography	Nicola Pecorini
Edited by	Jacques Witta
Music by	Bruno Coulais (international version) Cliff Eidelman (USA version)
Production companies	Le Studio Canal+[1] France 2 Cinéma Sept Films Cinema[2]
Distributed by	Cinevia Films (France)[3] Universal Pictures[lower-alpha 1] (United States)[2]
Release dates	23 September 2000 (2000-09-23) (San Sebastián) 24 January 2001 (2001-01-24) (France) 15 March 2002 (2002-03-15) (United States)
Running time	130 minutes
Countries	France United States[6][2][7]
Languages	English French Croatian
Budget	$8 million

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.[1]

Notes

References

External links

• Harrison's Flowers at IMDb
• Harrison's Flowers at Box Office Mojo
• Harrison's Flowers at AllMovie