Product Description

Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) stars in the comedic story of an aging Don Juan who hits the road on a revealing and humorous cross-country journey. When a mysterious pink letter informs Don Johnston (Murray) that he may have a 19-year-old son he visits four former lovers where he comes face to face with the errors of his past and the possibilities of the future.From acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch and co-starring Sharon Stone Frances Conroy Jessica Lange Tilda Swinton and Jeffrey Wright Broken Flowers is the highly original comedy that Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says is "filled with wonderful mischief" and "brings out the best in Bill Murray."System Requirements:RUN TIME: 1 Hour 46 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 025192847721 Manufacturer No: 28477

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11353 in DVD
• Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
• Released on: 2006-01-03
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 106 minutes

Amazon.com
Bill Murray gives yet another simple, seemingly effortless, yet illuminating performance in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers. Don Johnston (Murray, Lost in Translation, Rushmore) receives an anonymous letter telling him that he has a 19 year old son who's looking for him. Don only decides to investigate at the prompting of his neighbor Winston (the indispensable Jeffrey Wright, Shaft, Basquiat), who not only tracks down the current addresses of the possible mothers, he plans Don's entire trip down to the rental cars. Almost against his will, Don finds himself knocking at the doors of four very different women (Sharon Stone, The Quick and the Dead; Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under; Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams; and Tilda Swinton, The Deep End) who were once his lovers. Part road movie, part detective story, part existential meditation, Broken Flowers is even more minimalist than most Jarmusch movies (Stranger Than Paradise, Dead Man, Mystery Train)--anyone looking for an easy resolution should look elsewhere. But for anyone willing to let a movie be a poem as much as a story--i.e., let it observe behavior without explaining it--Broken Flowers will offer a wealth of mysteries, gestures, and Bill Murray's soulful eyes. It's a movie that's wonderfully eloquent about what's not being said. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Not your typical comedy
I'm a fan of Jim Jarmusch's simplistic, real life shooting style. And that's what this is. If I be so bold as to call it "real life comedy". There's no over the top scenarios in the Hollywood sense. The story is a little bleak, yet for some reason it appeals to me. Think "Lost in Translation". Bill Murray is a master at being depressed yet still making you smile. This movie is also accompanied by a great soundtrack.

No, this movie isn't hilarious but it's a great movie with many different emotions and left open to many different interpretations. It's worth watching.

the past is gone, the future isn't here yet...
-- a partial quote from Bill himself; Don, in the movie.

He chases these women from the past that he was involved with and asks all of them (except the one who hated that he showed) a series of questions when all he wants to know if he had a son he doesn't know about (with them).

He searches and searches, as a series of events happen; he visits a long haired blond woman, who isn't home at the time. Her daughter is, however. She's very ditzy, but open. When she goes to answer the phone, and Don gets up to look at some pictures to help him find out more about the family, she comes back, stark naked, and doesn't even act like Don's there. Maybe she forgot or didn't care. Either way, she was beautiful.

Most guys will go wild for this scene. She just turns, continues to talk on the phone and exits, going into another room or upstairs...(can't remember, wasn't paying attention to that!)

The next lady he visits, after having no luck with the last is an animal communicator.
"Are you an animal psychic?" Don asks.
I laughed.
"No." she politely, yet seriously chimes. "I'm a communicator." she says, with a smile.
Then the cute cat is let in, and eventually Don asks,
"Is he saying anything?"
"Yes." she says. "He says that you have a hidden agenda." which was true.

She lets the cat out and then as Don persuades her to walk him to his car, they walk out and at the car she doesn't tell much. All we know is that she was married and had one kid; a female who was only 16.

Don searches and searches but you will have to watch it to see the ending and what he finds out.

3.8 stars.

End note: The quote was taken from the end of the movie...the movie was decent though. It kept my attention mostly, and turned out fine.

Outrageously Hilarious?
That's what the cover case promised. It being Bill Murray, who was I to doubt? But not only did I not laugh, I didn't even crack a smile during the whole thing.

If you're into glacial pacing, long minutes of the leading character staring into space, and the most monosyllabic dialog you've heard since voice mail, then this one's for you. It's second only to "All About Schmidt" in the mind-numbingly boring department.