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The Road to Wellville
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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Subtitled, Full Screen, Color, Dubbed, NTSC |
Contributor | Jim Bath, Michael Lerner, Traci Lind, Robert Tracey, John Henry Scott, Jacob Reynolds, Carole Shelley, Mary Lucy Bivins, Madeline Shaw, Barbara Phillips, Dana Carvey, Beth Bostic, Denise S. Bass, Ann Deagon, Roy Brocksmith, George Nannarello, Michael Goodwin, Camryn Manheim, Rich Valliere, James Bigwood, Richard H. Thornton, Mary Jane Corry, Anthony Hopkins, Richard K. Olsen, David Kraus, Alexander Slanksnis, Gabriel Barre, Lindsay Hutchinson Berte, Brendan Boyce, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Charlotte H. Ballinger, Monica Parker, John Neville, Lara Flynn Boyle, Marianne Muellerleile, Thomas Myers Jr., Ann Tucker, Jean Wenderlich, Sam Garner, Alan Parker, Jemila Ericson, Lisa Altomare, Robert J. Maxwell, Marshall Efron, Bridget Fonda, Kerry Maher, Norbert Weisser, Colm Meaney, D. Anthony Pender, John Cusack, William Hempel, Matthew Broderick, Joanne Pankow See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours |
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Product Description
An outrageous comedy, THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE takes place at the turn of the century in the midst of the country's newfound fixation with health fads. It follows three interwoven stories at the world-famous Battle Creek Sanitarium, which was run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg--a vegetarian crusader, health guru and inventor of the cornflake.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 ounces
- Director : Alan Parker
- Media Format : Subtitled, Full Screen, Color, Dubbed, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours
- Release date : January 1, 2002
- Actors : Dana Carvey, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Anthony Hopkins
- Dubbed: : Spanish, Chinese, Taiwanese Chinese
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00006BIJ9
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #99,140 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #11,236 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Anthony Hopkins portrays Dr. John Kellogg as a buck-toothed nut who "cures" his patients by various forms of torture, like yogurt enemas or surgical excision of intestinal "kinks." Dana Carvey is Kellogg's demented adopted son (all his dozen or more kids were adopted),
Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda are a couple with bedroom problems (plus Broderick can't keep food down), Camryn Manheim (from THE PRACTCE) is a real sex fiend, Colm Meaney's the quack who treats women patients by laying them, and Lara Flynn Boyle (of THE PRACTICE) is the woman Broderick gets involved with while his wife undergoes Meaney's upclose brand of therapy. By the way, Boyle looks bulimic in this film. When we see her naked body I'm sure it's some other woman's-- a composite shot.
Best of all is John Cusack, who's borrowed a grand from a maiden aunt and has come to Battle Creek hoping to duplicate Kellogg's successful Corn Flakes cereal with a knock-off brand of his own. His scenes with Carvey, who'll do anything to sabotage the "father" that was so cruel to him as a child, are some of the funniest in the film.
They try to set up a cereal factory in a filthy barn adjacent to a pig sty. Carvey's there to lend his last name to the product. A man is hired who supposedly baked corn flakes for Kellogg, but the stuff he turns out is ghastly; green or gray in color and so unappetizing even the pigs won't eat it.
At the Battle Creek Sanitarium (Wellville), people are dying of various causes: from electrocution in one of Kellogg's contraptions, of a heart attack or simply of starvation. Broderick realizes this but his wife is unconvinced, and now Dr. Kellogg intends to operate on Broderick to remove a portion of his intestine....
The movie itself is hilarious. I know that the director's depiction of Kellogg isn't totally accurate, but I also know that many of the things practiced at the San were as presented in the movie.
This movie start off with one of the funniest openings in movie history (I will not tell you anything about it. It must be seen). It has an all-star cast, which is lead by a fantastic performance by Anthony Hopkins. It is one of those performances that didn't get the deserved recognition because he was so good at it that he convinces the audience that he actually talks and acts that way. I know it sound funny, but through the movie you'll start laughing because you'll realize that Hopkins is talking like a beaver/gym teacher, but he makes it work throughout the movie.
The lines and scenes that come out of this movie about eating right and being healthy are legendary. My favorite being: "Health! The open sesame to the suckers purse." Don't think I gave away the funniest line either, there are many more.
It must also be noted that stuff like where this movie was shot is breath taking. The costumes, the backgrounds, the buildings, and the scenery are superb.
This movie is well worth seeing especially if you: Eat healthy, work in a health food store, know people that are health crazy, or if you want to laugh at the people who make health a major part of their life.
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A quirky & curious affair from the usually straight-laced veteran Parker, 'Wellville' boasts several enjoyable qualities. First off, we have a scene chewing Hopkins as Dr Kellogg, false teeth, cartoon accent and all, and he is a real treat to watch. The rest of the all-star cast all do satisfactory work, though none ever outshine Hopkins, with Broderick being mainly the suffering butt (pun very much intended) of the film's more anatomically-minded humour. Indeed, the playful contrast of period class and lowbrow gags does allow for a good few chuckles, and unlike your typical Sandler production, the sanatorium provides a decent context for the humour and is not gratuitous. This is all perfectly underscored by a zany soundtrack from romance veteran Rachel Portman, at points reminding me of Elfman's earlier works.
However, the film's endgoal is not quite clear, and does sometimes undercut the fun; is it a health craze satire, a personal story of real human nature and how it shouldn't be suppressed, or just a wacky romp? It's all of that, and yet, no one element ever feels like the forefront of the film, with Parker more interested in seeing Broderick get pumped full of enemas and yoghurt than using it to make much of a point. Plus, the pacing does wind down by the end, and it feels like the film could wrap up sooner than it does.
That being said, I rather enjoyed myself all the same. it's still perfectly watchable with enough strengths of its own to make for a unique title in Parker's distinguished catalogue.