A young man takes a strange and unexpectedly funny journey in search of a family heroine he's never known in this screen adaptation of the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Jonathan (Elijah Wood) is a lifelong collector of any and all objects pertaining to his family, and he has become obsessed with a ...more
MPAA Rating: PG13 | Year: 2005 | Running Time: 106 minutes
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$15.99EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED / (WS SUB AC3 DOL)
Everything Is Illuminated is a quirky, surprisingly comic drama (serious comedy?) with a smart visual style. It's especially confident considering who's behind the camera: actor Liev Schreiber, debuting as both a screenwriter and a director. Not only does he frame his shots with veteran finesse, but Schreiber also undertakes the difficult task of adapting the largely epistolary novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, excising portions and streamlining the remainder toward the main character's journey ...more
- Elijah Wood - Jonathan Safran Foer
- Eugene Hutz - Alex
- Boris Leskin - Jonathan's Grandfather
- Zuzana Hodkova - Alex's Mother
- Sandra Mikki - Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.
- Stepán Samudovský - Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
- Oleksandr Choroshko - Alexander Perchov (Father)
- Robert Chytil - Breakdancer
- Sergej Rjabcev - Ukrainian Band
- Jurij Kokyrc - Well Digger
- Eliás Bauer - Well Digger
- Orest Tkachyk - Fair Goer
- Eugenin Marandic - Fair Goer
- Igor Latta - Old Man at Fair
- Liev Schreiber - Director
- Matthew Stillman - Executive Producer
- Peter Saraf - Producer
- Marc Turtletaub - Producer
- Liev Schreiber - Screenwriter
- Jonathan Safran Foer - Book Author
- Martin Vackar - Art Director
- J. John Corbett - Animator
- Kelley Cribben - Associate Producer
- Roman Rigo - Boom Operator
- Avy Kaufman - Casting
- Kate Dowd - Casting
- Nancy Bishop - Casting
- Ted Sperling - Conductor













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