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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Nicholas Meyer (screenplay)
Philip Roth (novel)
Release Date:
18 April 2008 (Spain) more
Plot:
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 4 nominations more
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(71 articles)
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Aging more (81 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Penélope Cruz | ... | Consuela Castillo | |
| Ben Kingsley | ... | David Kepesh | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | George O'Hearn | |
| Patricia Clarkson | ... | Carolyn | |
| Peter Sarsgaard | ... | Kenny Kepesh | |
| Deborah Harry | ... | Amy O'Hearn | |
| Charlie Rose | ... | Charlie Rose | |
| Antonio Cupo | ... | Younger Man | |
| Michelle Harrison | ... | 2nd Student | |
| Sonja Bennett | ... | Beth | |
| Emily Holmes | ... | 1st Student | |
| Chelah Horsdal | ... | Susan Reese | |
| Marci T. House | ... | Administration Nurse | |
| Alessandro Juliani | ... | Actor #3 in Play | |
| Tiffany Lyndall-Knight | ... | Actor #2 in Play |
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Also Known As:
Elegy: Dying Animal (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.
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112 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital
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USA:R (certificate #43893) | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:Btl | Austria:12 | Germany:12 | UK:15 | South Africa:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Mexico:B15 | Portugal:M/12
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David Kepesh:
[interview on the Charlie Rose show] We're not all descended from the Puritans.
Charlie Rose:
No?
David Kepesh:
There was another colony 30 miles from Plymouth, it's not on the maps today. Marymount it was called.
Charlie Rose:
Yeah, alright, you mention in your book...
David Kepesh:
The colony where anything goes, went.
Charlie Rose:
There was booze...
David Kepesh:
There was booze. There was fornication. There was music. There was... they even ah, ah, ah, you name it, you name it. They even danced around the maypole once a month, wearing masks, worshiping god knows what, Whites and Indians together, all going for broke...
Charlie Rose:
Who was responsible for all of this?
David Kepesh:
A character by the name of Thomas Morton.
Charlie Rose:
Aah, the "Hugh Hefner" of the Puritans.
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References "The Charlie Rose Show" (1991) more
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Déjame Recordar more
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OK. Professor starts an affair with one of his students. You may have prejudices about that. Not about this kind of affairs, but about this kind of movies.
But it's a story about aging and jealousy and so far touching. The professor goes through hell, including all objections he's supposed to have about his own behavior in this certainly true love. A love which is regarded as ridiculous. Most so by himself.
Cruz and Kingsley are great as you could expect, but the greatest performance is delivered by Dennis Hopper. A certain amount of sentimentality is a little disturbing, but this film obviously takes aging as an emotional problem seriously.