Wildflowers (film)

Infobox Film
name = Wildflowers


image_size =
caption = region 1 DVD cover
director = Melissa Painter
producer = Timothy Bird
Thomas Garvin
Zachary Matz
writer = Melissa Painter
narrator =
starring = Clea DuVall
Daryl Hannah
Tomas Arana
Eric Roberts
music = Sam Bisbee
cinematography = Paul Ryan
editing = Brent White
distributor = Fries Film Group
released = May 15 1999 (Cannes)
September 1 2000 (United States)
runtime = 93 mins
country = United States
language = English
budget =
gross = $5,365 (sub total)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:198549
imdb_id = 0144688

"Wildflowers" is a 1999 drama film directed by Melissa Painter. It stars Clea DuVall, Daryl Hannah, Tomas Arana and Eric Roberts. It features former American Poet Laureate Robert Hass reading some of his own poetry.Citation
last =Scott
first =A. O.
author-link =A. O. Scott
title =FILM REVIEW; A 60's Marin County Map With Vietnam Left Off
newspaper =The New York Times
date =2000-09-01
url =http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9807E7DF1530F932A3575AC0A9669C8B63&oref=slogin
accessdate =2007-10-09 ]

Plot

Clea DuVall stars as Cally, a 17 year old who has been raised by her father, not knowing her mother. When Cally meets a mysterious woman called Sabine, she becomes obsessed with her.

Distribution

"Wildflowers" premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 1 2000. In the United States it grossed $5,365. [cite web
title =Business Data for Wildflowers
publisher =IMDb
url =http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144688/business
accessdate =2007-10-09 ]

Cast

*Clea DuVall as Cally
*Daryl Hannah as Sabine
*Tomas Arana as Wade, Cally's father
*Eric Roberts as Jacob, Sabine's lover
* Richard Hillman as Graham
*Eric Yetter as Dylan
*Robert Hass as Poet
* John Doe as Teacher
*Sheila Tousey as Martha
*Irene Bedard as Ruby
* James Burnett as Tailor
*David Graham as Trip
*Alan Gelfant as Wolf
*David Wike as Gahad
*Scott Benton as Oliver

Reception

At the 2000 SXSW Film Festival, Melissa Painter won the SXSW Competition Award for best Narrative Feature. [cite web
last = Zeman
first = Josh
title = South by Southwest Film Festival
work = Filmmaker Magazine
url = http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/spring2000/columns/fests.php
accessdate =2008-01-25 ] Review website Rotten Tomatoes gave "Wildflowers" a "rotten" rating of 50% based on six reviews. [cite web
title =Wildflowers (1999)
publisher =Rotten Tomatoes
url =http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/wildflowers/
accessdate =2007-10-09 ] Metacritic gave it a "generally negative" rating of 28% based on seven reviews. [cite web
title =Wildflowers (2000): Reviews
publisher =Metacritic
url =http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/wildflowers?q=wildflowers
accessdate =2007-10-09 ] In a review for "The New York Times", A. O. Scott called the film dreamy and impressionistic, but ultimately empty. He praised Clea DuVall for her "intuitive grasp of emotion". Writing for "The Austin Chronicle", Barry Johnson called the film poignant. He praised Painter for her "lyrical, intimate direction" and DuVall for her "impressive, nuanced performance". [Citation
last = Johnson
first = Barry
title = SXSW Film Festival: Five in Focus
newspaper = The Austin Chronicle
date = 2000-03-10
url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A76229
accessdate=2008-01-25] Christopher Null called the it bizarre and incomprehensible, "utterly hopeless as cinema". [Citation
last = Null
first = Christopher
author-link = Christopher Null
title = Wild Flowers Movie Review
newspaper = FilmCritic.com
year = 2000
url = http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Wild-Flowers
accessdate =2008-01-25]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0144688|title=Wildflowers