My blueberry nights is a chore of a film, something akin to having your teeth pulled without the happy gas. Jude law full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. With norah jones, jude law, natalie portman, chad r. He has received multiple awards including a bafta film award as well as nominations for two academy awards, four golden globe awards, three laurence olivier awards, and two tony awards. On bluray, dvd elizabeth norah jones answers leslies phone for her, finding out there her dad is ill in hospital. There is so much to recommend but ultimately the film is not a success. Jude law norah jones photos 60th annual cannes film festival. Director wong kar wai has some interesting flourishes notably the look of the film which glows in neon incandescence. She sets out on a road trip, supporting herself as a waitress along the way. Daniel demeepa tradition has it that the cannes opening night film is always met with a passionate response, either. David jude heyworth law born 29 december 1972 is an english actor. Picking up a series of jobs to support herself along the way, the myriad of lost souls she meets help her to understand the journey as part of a. After her boyfriend of five years breaks up with her, elizabeth norah jones consoles herself by consuming creamy confections at a sympathetic cafe owners jude law eatery. Though well filmed, my blueberry nights is a mixed bag of dedicated performers.
Hes fabulous, said jones of law at the cinema society and iwcsponsored premiere of the film. Elizabeth meets a host of interesting characters on her journey, including an alcoholic policeman david strathairn, his unfaithful. Meet another pie baker this time a scruffy yet cute jude law in the new romantic drama my blueberry nights. Drama romantiek film geregisseerd door karwai wong. Norah jones and jude law promoting my blueberry nights at. Jude law wiping up a slice of sticky pie in my blueberry nights doesnt even come close. My blueberry nights by wong karwai jude law, norah jones. Macall polay, the weinstein company stratharins character is over the top and weisz doesnt break out of an actress. All jude law movies ranked by tomatometer jude law, natalie portman, chad r. Legendary filmmaker wong karwai directs jude law, natalie portman, rachel weisz, and norah jones in his first englishlanguage feature film a romantic road movie detailing the crosscountry journey of a woman who sets off across the united states in hopes of mending her broken heart. Tradition has it that the cannes opening night film is always met with a. Law has been nominated for two academy awards and continues to build a prolific body of work that spans from early successes such as gattaca 1997 and the talented mr.
His material is the perfect contribution to a road movie. My blueberry nights was the debut of grammywinning jazz singer norah jones as an actress, and also starred jude law, david strathairn, rachel weisz, natalie portman, and. My blueberry nights 2008 after her boyfriend of five years breaks up with her, elizabeth norah jones consoles herself by consuming creamy confections at a sympathetic cafe owners jude law. Rachel weisz in my blueberry nights 2007 li gong at an event for my blueberry nights 2007 david lynch and. That glistening orange dessert under the opening credits looks like the peachiest peach cobbler in the world, especially when its overlaid with vibrant boysenberrycreme lettering. Jude law runs a cafe where norah jones takes refuge in my blueberry nights. Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now shes ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country.
John watson in sherlock holmes 2009 and sherlock holmes. As elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their. Watch my blueberry nights online stream full movie directv. My blueberry nights was the debut of grammywinning jazz singer norah jones as an actress, and also starred jude law. Elizabeth jones has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now. My blueberry nights official clip starring jude law. It was closed and torn down not long after the film was shot. Tom cruise and jude law discuss holding their breath. Norah jones, jude law, david strathairn en natalie portman. Following a nasty breakup, elizabeth leaves her memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country.
Blueberries meet luscious taste buds in my blueberry. In order to support herself on her journey, elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. She leaves her keys at a local cafe run by jeremy jude law, swoony as usual, hoping that her errant boyfriend will come and get them. My blueberry nights is een film uit 2007 onder regie van wong karwai. My blueberry nights is a 2007 romantic drama film directed by wong karwai, his first feature in english. The end scene from my blueberry nights, the englis. The supporting cast jude law, david strathairn, rachel weisz, and natalie portman are all terrific.
However, the film has little in common with the source material. A young lonely woman takes a soulsearching journey across america to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way. Jude law and chan marshall norah jones and natalie portman jude law and norah jones ry cooder long ride mp3 mirror if theres any doubt that ry cooder is the greatest slide guitarist of our time, just take a listen to the above. My blueberry nights dvd, 2008 for sale online ebay. Norah jones and jude law promoting my blueberry nights at cannes. As elizabeth, a woman bereft after a breakup in my blueberry nights, shes more than compelling shes believable. The screenplay by wong and lawrence block is based on a short chineselanguage film written and directed by wong. The film starred vincent cassel as the title character.
Singersongwriter norah jones does well in her film debut as a. It is an adaptation of the francobelgian comic book series blueberry, illustrated by jean giraud better known as moebius and scripted by jeanmichel charlier. My blueberry nights official uk trailer starring rachel. Its a cinematic disaster, from the overwrought performances from everybody except jude law, who happens to be fabulous to the stupefyingly cloying cinematography, to the eclectic and befuddlingly inane musical choices. In 2007, he received an honorary cesar and was named a knight of the order of arts and letters by the french government, in recognition of.
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