Elegy (2008/I)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Escritores (WGA):

Nicholas Meyer (screenplay)
Philip Roth (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 abril 2008 (Spain)

Género:

Drama | Romance

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.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Friend | Professor | Critic | Poet

Premios:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Great performances, great film

Reparto

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
Laura Mennell	...	Cute Girl
Andre Lamal	...	Talk Show Host
Shaker Paleja	...	3rd Student
Kris Pope	...	Consuela's Brother
Julian Richings	...	Actor in Play #1
Tania Saulnier	...	George's Girlfriend
Michael Teigen	...	Waiter
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Ryan McDonell	...	Student (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Isabel Coixet

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Nicholas Meyer		(screenplay)
Philip Roth		(novel "The Dying Animal")

Producida por
Andre Lamal	....	producer
Gary Lucchesi	....	producer
Eric Reid	....	executive producer
Tom Rosenberg	....	producer

Fotografía por
Jean-Claude Larrieu

Montaje por
Amy E. Duddleston

Casting
Heike Brandstatter
Coreen Mayrs

Diseño de producción por
Claude Paré

Dirección artística
Helen Jarvis

Decorados
Lin MacDonald

Diseño de vestuario por
Katia Stano

Departamento de maquillaje
Gitte Axen	....	makeup artist
Martin Samuel	....	hair stylist: Penelope Cruz
Susan Boyd	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Terra Abroms	....	post-production supervisor
Penny Gibbs	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Misha Bukowski	....	key second assistant director
Sandra Mayo	....	first assistant director
Louisa Phung	....	trainee assistant director
Rhonda Taylor	....	third assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Brent Bennett	....	set buyer
Michael A. Billings	....	assistant set decorator
Gordon Brunner	....	on-set dresser (as Gordie Brunner)
Lubor Cencak	....	scenic artist
John Dale	....	general foreman
Laurie Dobbie	....	prop buyer
Jack Gauvreau	....	lead sculptor
Jan Kobylka	....	construction coordinator
Ray Lai	....	graphic illustrator
Rohan Lyal	....	head greensman
Marta McLaughlin	....	assistant property master
Wayne McLaughlin	....	property master
Dale Menzies	....	carpenter
Michel Rheault	....	construction buyer
Rodrigo Segovia	....	assistant art director
Sharon Thompson	....	art department coordinator
Mario Tomas-Niedworok	....	paint coordinator

Departamento de sonido
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kelly Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Melissa A. Corns	....	sound effects editor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Hibberson	....	boom operator
Rachel Holley	....	sound editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Aynee Osborn	....	dialogue editor
Karen Schell	....	sound
Edward M. Steidele	....	foley artist
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Chris Trent	....	foley mixer
Rob Young	....	production sound mixer

Efectos especiales
William H. Orr	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects
Alexandre Cancado	....	digital effects artist: Luma Pictures
Vincent Cirelli	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Siggy Ferstl	....	digital colorist
Jason Locke	....	digital effects artist
Brett Reyenger	....	digital compositor
Steven Swanson	....	visual effects supervising producer: Luma Pictures
Cary Welton	....	digital restoration artist: R!OT

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Isabel Coixet	....	camera operator
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	camera operator
Dan Fraser	....	electrician
Sean M. Harding	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jeff Harvey	....	best boy electric
Seth Hettrick	....	key rigging grip
Joseph Lederer	....	still photographer
Andrew Pereszlenyi	....	lighting technician
Pascal Pillot-Bruhat	....	chief lighting technician
Trevor Taylor	....	lighting technician
Todd Turner	....	electrician
Thomas E. Watson	....	generator operator
Tyler Woeste	....	second assistant camera

Departamento de reparto
Tiffany Mak	....	casting assistant

Departamento de vestuario
Summer Dietz	....	costumer
Jen Howe	....	costume set supervisor (as Jennifer Dawson)
Monique Warren	....	costume supervisor

Departamento de Edición
Justine Halliday	....	associate editor
Gary Oldroyd	....	post-production coordinator
Tami Zamberg	....	post-production assistant
Eric Potter	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Marc Artís Garcia	....	music arranger: additional music
Christy Carew	....	music arranger: additional music
Isabel Coixet	....	music supervisor
Eric Craig	....	music consultant
Brian McNelis	....	music consultant
Angie Rubin	....	music editor

Departamento de Transporte
Kim Harmer	....	transportation coordinator
Dave Miller	....	driver: cast
Andrew O'Bray	....	transportation captain

Otros miembros del equipo
Portia Belmont	....	script supervisor
Morgan Brady	....	production assistant
Stephanie Brown	....	production assistant
Stephen Chan	....	on-set key production assistant
Chantal Cholette	....	production assistant
Jason Collier	....	location assistant
Hans Dayal	....	assistant location manager
Heather Douglas	....	assistant: Andre Lamal
Kathy Edwards	....	post production accountant
Kelsey Evans	....	production assistant
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach
Darren Kelly	....	production assistant
Leslie Knoll	....	accounting clerk
Wendy Kush	....	writing assistant
Michael J. LeGresley	....	location scout
Kyle Leydier	....	assistant: Sir Ben Kingsley
Benjamin Luk	....	daily production assistant
Grant Lutz	....	production assistant
Sandra Matossi	....	production accountant
Jennifer Metcalfe	....	production coordinator
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	unit publicist
James Notari	....	production assistant
Rino Pace	....	location manager
Michael James 'Scotty' Scott	....	post-production accountant
Michele Lee Shellenberg	....	payroll accountant
Max Smerling	....	assistant: executive producer: Eric Reid
Daniella Wells	....	personal assistant: Penelope Cruz
Tamara Grace Wiebe	....	office production assistant
Shayne A. Wilson	....	second assistant production coordinator

Gracias
James McQuaide	....	thanks

Compañías Productores

• Lakeshore Entertainment

Distribuidores

• Alliance Vivafilm (2008) (Canada) (theatrical) (Quebec)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• D Productions (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Gativideo (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Maximum Film Distribution (2008) (Canada) (theatrical) (English-speaking region)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• On Pictures (2008) (Spain) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Red Envelope Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Top Film (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Otras Compañías

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Sound Satisfaction  foley recording facility
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• Wildfire Studios  sound post-production

También conocida como:

Elegy: Dying Animal (USA) (working title)
La elegida (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.

Duración:

112 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #43893) | Ireland:16 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:Btl | Germany:12 | Austria:12 | UK:15 | South Africa:16 | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Mexico:B15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Compañía:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Citas:

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.
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

References "The Charlie Rose Show" (1991)

Banda de Sonido:

Horizon Variations

Great performances, great film

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. As someone who is not familiar with Philip Roth's works, I found the story to be interesting and moving. What really made the movie so enjoyable to me was the focus on the interpersonal relationships between David Kepesh(Ben Kingsley) and several of the supporting players. For example, some of the film's most poignant moments came in the scenes featuring Kepesh and his best friend (played by Dennis Hopper.) While these scenes did not necessarily serve to move the plot along, they painted a picture of the daily struggles Kepesh faces and also the layers of his only true friendship. In addition, it was heart-wrenching to see Kepeshs' son (Peter Sarsgaard), now a 40-something man married with children, resorting to his father for advice and consolation. We found out that Kepesh left his son and wife many years past, and while his son has never truly forgiven his father, he finds himself committing similar mistakes (adultery) that lead his father to become the flawed, relationship-challenged man he is today. These complex relationships, in addition to several others in the film, allow us to closely examine this fascinating point in the life of David Kepesh.