Hey folks, Harry here... Dobler 75 here apparently has read the script to ELIZABETHTOWN (wish I could) and provides the scantest of tidbits. This one is set to shoot in Kentucky relatively soon and hopefully it'll be released around Christmas so we can get a righteous present of cinematic proportions. Here ya go...
Hey Harry
Just wanted to give ya the skinny on the Crowe Bar's latest.
Apparently due to him sucking, Ashton Kutcher has been booted from this gig. Cameron apparently fired him, then was like "You've just been PUNK'D", and Ashton started to come back, and CC said "No, seriously, you suck, get off my set." Cameron has been auditioning new actors for the lead role including Colin Hanks, and a certain Mister Franco from the Spidey series. If it were me, and I am not Cameron Crowe, though I wish I were since Nancy Wilson is freaking amazing, I would want the best chemistry possilble between my two leads. The female lead being Kirsten Dunst, leads me to believe a great choice would be her current beau, Maggie G's bro Jake Gyennthahall or however the hell you spell it. He was great in that Crowe tribute film (Moonlight Mile) and The Good Girl, and it seems like he could be the kind of guy that could bring the emotional depth needed to fill out Crowe's Characters.
As for the script as a whole (don't ask me how I got it), WOW. CC has done something here that, if it translates well, will knock you over. The characters are so well developed, and you can feel the Crowe-ness oozing out of it. This covers the entire emotional spectrum. From the darkest moments of your life, to feeling a love that ivades your entire being. Dunst's flight attendant character is a sweet, southern belle, optimistic in her outlook on life, and really Drew's (the male lead's) saving grace. Dunst should earn some noms if she brings the character justice.
I know that this site is all about the spoilers, and personally, I am too, but there is something about Cameron Crowe's films that hits my sweet spot, and I almost feel guilty about posting this stuff on this site that I've never written to before. So I will say this, Elizabethtown will not dissapoint the way that Vanilla Sky did. There are poignant moments througout, and Drew's dark side is REALLY dark.
In closing, I believe that Crowe can (for the most part) do no wrong. VS was an OK film that had many Crowe moments, but it followed Almost Famous, a REAL amazing Crowe film. Elizabethtown is a Crowe script, that hopefully, will become another amazing Crowe film.
Dobler 75
