Everything is Illuminated
By Jacob Murphy | Related entries in Box-officeTribute.ca ’s synopsis of Everything is Illuminated says its is a film about a
“young American Jewish man [who] goes on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather-in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion. The journey begins as a comic nightmare, with an eccentric trio of paid “expert” guides sorely lacking in expertise; a cranky grandfather who insists on bringing his unruly seeing-eye dog to help him drive; and his over-enthusiastic grandson, whose fractured command of English, passion for retro American pop culture, and inability to shut up threaten to make the worst of every situation. But what starts out as the tour from hell turns into a surprisingly meaningful journey-with an unexpected and powerful series of revelations that will indelibly change all of their lives.”
As far as I can tell, this film is the first directorial attempt for Liev Schreiber, formerly a fine actor. He got his start on Broadway in 1994, but has since starred in a number of fantasic fims, along side Hollywood’s finest. He was Sgt. Raymond Shaw in The Manchurian Candidate, along side Denzel Washington, acted along side Robin Williams in Jakob the Liar, and the list goes on.
Schreiber has been around the best and the brightest on stage, on the screen, and I am excited to see what he can do as a director.
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September 30th, 2005 at 7:08 am
I’m very interested in this one as well, I had it earmarked as a ‘definitely go see’ even though I’m not a terribly large Elijah Wood fan.