| Elvis and Anabelle | |
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| Directed by | Will Geiger |
| Produced by | Carolyn Pfeiffer Nick Quested Gregory Collins Tom Schatz |
| Screenplay by | Will Geiger |
| Starring | Blake Lively Max Minghella Joe Mantegna Mary Steenburgen Keith Carradine |
| Music by | Blake Neely |
| Cinematography | Conrad W. Hall |
| Edited by | Sandra Adair |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Elvis and Anabelle is an American romantic drama film written and directed by Will Geiger. It stars Blake Lively,[1] Max Minghella, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, and Keith Carradine. The film premiered on March 10, 2007 at the South by Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Texas, and later premiered on HBO in 2012.
Plot
Groomed by her overly ambitious mother, Anabelle is on the road to winning the Miss Texas Rose title when she dies tragically due to an eating disorder after being crowned on stage. Her death lands her on the embalming table of Elvis Moreau, an embittered young man whose sense of family duty and love for his ailing father 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.
Cast
- Max Minghella as Elvis Moreau
- Blake Lively as Anabelle Leigh
- Joe Mantegna as Charlie Moreau
- Mary Steenburgen as Geneva Leigh
- Keith Carradine as Jimmy
Critical reception
A reviewer writing for Movieline praised the performances of Lively and Minghella, and called the film "a dark and dreamy slice of Southern gothic romance, having all the hallmarks of a cult film in the making, destined for Gen-Z status."[2]
References
- ^ Cusumano, Katherine (October 13, 2017). "Blake Lively Recounts Her Own Chilling Story of Sexual Harassment". W. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ "Remembering Elvis and Anabelle: Blake Lively's Real Breakthrough". Movieline. September 9, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2013.