Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
- Starring:
- Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, (more)
- Director(s):
- Liev Schreiber
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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A young man takes a strange and unexpectedly funny journey in search of a family heroine he's never known in this screen adaptation of the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Jonathan (Elijah Wood) is a lifelong collector of any and all objects pertaining to his family, and he has become obsessed with a woman he's never met. The woman saved the life of his grandfather during World War II, when the Ukrainian town where he was born was destroyed by Nazi troops. Wanting to know more about the woman, Jonathan flies to the Ukraine, where with the help of a hip-hop obsessed, gold-toothed tour guide and translator named Alex (Eugene Hütz), Alex's grandfather (a chauffeur who has claimed to be blind since his wife's death, played by Boris Leskin), and a dog named Sammy Davis Junior Junior, Jonathan searches for the meaning of the present that lies buried in the past, unexpectedly shedding the same such light on the lives of those around him. Everything Is Illuminated was the first directorial assignment for acclaimed actor Liev Schreiber. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 105 mins
Complete Cast:
- Elijah Wood - Jonathan Safran Foer
- Boris Leskin - Jonathan's Grandfather
- Sandra Mikki - Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.
- Mouse on Mars - Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.
- Jana Hrabetová - Jonathan's Grandmother
- Ljubomir Dezera - Young Jonathan
- Gil Kazimirov - Igor
- Jaroslava Sochová - Woman on Train
- Jurij Lemeshev - Ukrainian Band
- Oleksandr Houtz - Ukrainian Band
- Igor Latta - Old Man at Fair
- Orest Tkachyk - Fair Goer
- Jurij Kokyrc - Well Digger
- Jaroslav Jurichkanc - Well Digger
- Bert Schneider - Nazi Officer
- Laryssa Lauret - Lista
- Vera Sindelárová - Young Lista
- Eugene Hutz - Alex
- Zuzana Hodkova - Alex's Mother
- Jan Filipensky - Well Digger
- Jonathan Safran Foer - Leaf Blower
- Stepán Samudovský - Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
- Oleksandr Choroshko - Alexander Perchov (Father)
- Robert Chytil - Breakdancer
- Sergej Rjabcev - Ukrainian Band
- Pamela Racine - Ukrainian Band
- Ludmila Kartouská - Ukrainian Band
- Eugenin Marandic - Fair Goer
- Eliás Bauer - Well Digger
- Sergej Kapitan - Well Digger
- Igor Savivskij - Well Digger
- Tereza Veselková - Augustine
- Lukás Král - Young Grandfather (Baruch)
- Director(s):
- Liev Schreiber
- Writer(s):
- Liev Schreiber
- Producer(s):
- Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
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- 2005 - Everything Is Illuminated - National Board of Review - Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
