Elizabethtown (film)

Elizabethtown is a 2005 American romantic tragicomedy film written and directed by Cameron Crowe starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Alec Baldwin has a small role as a CEO of an athletic shoe company and Susan Sarandon appears as a grieving widow.

Drew Baylor Bloom is an intelligent young man and designer for a shoe company. When his latest design, hyped to be a great accomplishment in his life, has a flaw that will cost the company 972 million to correct, Drew is shamed by his boss Baldwin and his coworkers before he is dismissed. Disappointed in his failure, and the subsequent breakup with his girlfriend Ellen Jessica Biel, he plans an elaborate suicide by taping a butcher knife to an exercise bike, only to be stopped at the last moment by a tearful call from his sister Heather Judy Greer that his father died of a heart attack while visiting family in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Drew volunteers to retrieve the body, following a memorial service when his mother Hollie Sarandon refuses to go, following a dispute between her and the rest of the Kentucky Baylors, who consider them Californian despite the fact they were in California for a little over a yearyears before, and instead live in Oregon.On the flight to Kentucky, Drew meets Claire Dunst, an optimistic, enthusiastic and kind flight attendant who gives him a seat in first class, due to the plane being empty, so she does not have to travel all the way back to coach. She proves helpful and happy to an otherwise despondent Drew, giving him directions, instructions and tips on getting to his destination before they part ways. When he gets to Elizabethtown, Drew is met with the love of the family, though he is somewhat goaded by being a California Boy and he makes the arrangements for a cremation at Hollies request despite the familys objections. While staying at a hotel, where a wedding reception is being held for the weekend, Drew calls his mother and sister, then his exgirlfriend as he continues to struggle with his suicidal thoughts. Finally, he calls Claire, who relieves his anxiety and the two of them talk for hours. She impulsively suggests they drive out to meet before she has to depart on a flight to Hawaii that morning and they meet and talk. ...

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