Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers is a 2000 war-romance drama film directed 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, and released in theatres on 24 January 2001 in France. Universal Pictures gave the film a limited theatrical release in the United States on 15 March 2002, then Lionsgate released this film in the United States on DVD. 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.
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| 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) |
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| Distributed by | Cinevia Films (France) Universal Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 127 minutes 122 minutes (USA version) |
| Countries | France United States |
| Languages | English French Serbian Croatian |
| Budget | $8 million |
| Box office | $3 million |
The film only grossed $3 million in worldwide box office against $8 million production budget, and the overall critical reaction to the film was mixed. However, Adrien Brody said that this film helped him to be cast in the leading role of The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.