Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.0)
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003
Run Time: 106 minutes
::: Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Add The Man from Elysian Fields to the list of essential movies about the pains of writing. This wry comedy-drama charts the frustrations of a financially strapped novelist (Andy Garcia) as he desperately and secretly agrees to be an "escort" for ladies who need, ah, escorting. This leads him into a Faustian bargain to help a beautiful client (Olivia Williams) whose husband, a once-great, now-dying writer (a mighty James Coburn), is struggling with a final work. Of course the fact that the men are sharing a project and a woman complicates matters--and Garcia's loyal wife (Julianna Margulies) is curious about all these nights spent away. The movie explores different levels of compromise and betrayal, yet it remains tartly amusing throughout. And it has a glorious casting inspiration: the director of the mysterious escort service is played by Mick Jagger, looking decadently elegant and purring like a vaguely satanic Siamese cat. --Robert Horton
Product Description
A los angeles novelist whose latest novel wasnt published finds the difficulties of paying the bills to support his wife and son compel him to join an elite male escort service called elysian fields (run by jagger). He soon begins an affair with the beautiful wife of one of the worlds most successful writers Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/18/2003 Starring: Andy Garcia Olivia Williams Mick Jagger Run time: 106 minutes Rating: R