Elizabethtown

"It's a heck of a place to find yourself"

Oct 14 2005 PG-13 2h 3m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.

Plot

After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should bring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life.

Written by

Cameron Crowe

Directed by

Cameron Crowe

Cast

Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

KMP Film Invest, Vinyl Films, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations total

Trailers
Elizabethtown - Original trailer (good quality)
Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
73,920
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
45
Popularity
NA