Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Release date

2005-09-05

Country

United States

Production

Stillking Films, Big Beach, Warner Independent Pictures, Telegraph Films

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$7 000 000

Revenue

$3 601 974

Website

http://wip.warnerbros.com/everythingisilluminated/

Director

Liev Schreiber

Actors

Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin, Jana Hrabětova, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stephen Samudovsky, Oleksandr Choroshko, Gil Kazimirov, Zuzana Hodková, Ljubomir Dezera
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Scenario

Producer

Kelley Cribben, Tom Karnowski, David Minkowski, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Matthew Stillman

Operator

Matthew Libatique

Composer

Paul Cantelon

Artist

Audition

Avy Kaufman, Nancy Bishop, Max Bollinger

Editing

Andrew Marcus, Craig McKay
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• The film is based on the debut novel by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, “Everything Is Illuminated.” In 1999, he visited Ukraine, seeking to learn more about his grandfather’s life, and this trip inspired the author to write the novel and, to a certain extent, served as its foundation. Safran Foer makes a brief appearance in the film – he is the man who writes the titles of the chapters into which the film is divided, as well as in a cameo in one of the first scenes of the film.
• The film features almost the entire lineup of the Romani folk punk band Gogol Bordello, founded and led by Eugene Hütz, who played the role of Alex. This ensemble meets Jonathan at the train station in Ukraine.
• The film is based on the debut novel by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, "Everything Is Illuminated." In 1999, he visited Ukraine, seeking to learn more about his grandfather's life, and this trip inspired the author to write the novel and, to a certain extent, served as its foundation. Safran Foer makes a brief appearance in the film – he is the person who writes the chapter titles that divide the film, and also in a cameo in one of the first scenes.