Elvis and Anabelle ( Elvis & Annabelle )

Elvis and Anabelle (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Elvis & Annabelle
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Will Geiger

Written By:
Will Geiger

Actors:
Max Minghella ..... Elvis
Blake Lively ..... Anabelle
Joe Mantegna ..... Charlie
Mary Steenburgen ..... Geneva
Keith Carradine ..... Jimmy
Deborah Carlow Cliffton ..... Organ player
Kate Clark ..... Top 10 finalist
Peter Cornwell ..... News Reporter
Victor Diaz ..... Texas In-View Host
Gina Garza ..... Miss Colorado River Bend
Tony Gibson ..... Reporter
Russell Wayne Groves ..... Reporter
Andie Haddad ..... Audience member
Christian Haddad ..... Audience member
Natalie Haddad ..... Audience Member
Michele Harrington ..... News Reporter
Sammy Harte ..... Photographer
Tommy G. Kendrick ..... Store Clerk
Dorothy Layne ..... Mrs. Van Hook
Andrea Lee ..... Reporter
Candice Mann ..... Miss Reyes Valley
Julie Martin ..... Miss Barnette County
L. Christian Mixon ..... Husband
Deanna Moraga ..... Miss Fort Worth Area
Lydia Nelsen ..... Miss Piney Woods
Marc Pouhe ..... Father
Angela Rawna ..... Lucinda
Jacqueline Renee ..... Reporter
Amber M. Rogers ..... Jump rope kid
Angela J. Rogers ..... Jump rope kid
David E. Rogers ..... Jump rope kid
Mylinda Royer ..... Miss Granite County
Ava Santana ..... News Reporter (as Katie Knighten)
Brent Smiga ..... Officer Lutkin
Michael Sorrels ..... News Reporter
Stacey Storey ..... Miss Canyon County
Melanie Stovall ..... Reigning Miss Texas
Jordan Strassner ..... Pageant photographer
Robert Wilson ..... Jock Kid

Synopsis:

Starring Blake Lively (from the hit TV show, GOSSIP GIRL), ELVIS AND ANABELLE is a romantic fantasy in the tradition of GHOST about the power of love that knows no bounds. Groomed by her overly ambitious mother (Mary Steenburgen), Anabelle (Blake Lively) is on the road to winning the Miss Texas Rose tiara when she dies tragically during a pageant. Her death lands her on the embalming table of Elvis (Max Minghella), an embittered young man whose sense of family duty and love for his ailing father (Joe Mantegna) keep him from following his dreams. When Anabelle is miraculously resurrected on Elvis' embalming table, the two unexpectedly connect and sparks fly. With the help of each other and Elvis father, they discover love, freedom and happiness as the real world and their own demons threaten to force them apart. Just when it seems they have left all their worries behind, the world finally catches up and forces them apart. Tragedy strikes again and the star crossed lovers are left alone to question their lives and choices. In the end they must face their own demons before they are able to realise that for every tragedy theres a miracle waiting to happen.

A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery in director Will Geiger's meditative road movie. Annabelle has never known what life is like outside the fiercely competitive world of beauty pageants; her mother's constant demands of physical perfection a never-ending stream of acute, soul-crushing criticism. Elvis doesn't have his mortician's license, but that doesn't stop his eccentric father from putting him to work in the family mortuary. When the sting of her mother's words becomes too painful to endure, Annabelle flees to the town mortuary knowing that is the last place her mother would come looking for her. When Elvis discovers the beautiful Annabelle cowering among the corpses, he sweeps her away on an impromptu road trip so that the pair may free themselves from their daily drudgery long enough to discover their own identities and realize what they really want out of life.

With lush cinematography and a haunting soundtrack, Will Geiger's film presents a unique and timeless love story. Elvis (Max Minghella) is an unlicensed mortician in his family's funeral home, a once-splendid American gothic in rural Texas. His sense of of family obligation and love for his eccentric, ailing father (Joe Manegna) keeps him from following his dreams. Anabelle (Blake Lively) is a beauty queen being groomed for the big-time by a pushy, show-biz mother (Mary Steenburgen) and creepy step-father (Keith Carradine). All her decisions are made for her - she's just not sure she fits the part. Their lives are worlds apart, but they collide when Anabelle, in a moment of triumph, collapses and dies on a beauty pageant catwalk and ends up on Elvis's embalming table. What happens next is as magical as it is unexpected.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 02 January, 2010.

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