ELEPHANT (HBO)

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• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, Gus Van Sant's (Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester) realistic drama Elephant takes us inside an American high school on one single, ordinary day that very rapidly turns tragic. The story unfolds with class work, football, gossip and socializing. It observes the comings and goings of its characters from a safe distance, allowing us to see them as they are. With each student we see high school through a different experience, a new lens. These experiences range from friendly and innocent to traumatic and deeply disturbing. ; ; Elephant demonstrates that high school life is a complex landscape where the vitality and beauty of young lives can shift from light to darkness with surreal speed. It's an ordinary high school day. Except that it's not.
• Cast: Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell, Jordan Taylor, Carrie Finklea, Nicole George, Brittany Mountain, Alicia Miles, Kristen Hicks, Bennie Dixon, Nathan Tyson, Timothy Bottoms, Matt Malloy, Ellis Williams, Chantelle Chriestenson Nelson, Kim Kenney, Marci Buntrock, Roman Ostrovsky, Vana O'Brien, Michael Paulsen, Alfred Ono, Marychris Mass, Jim Steinpreis, Jeremy Simpson, Sherilyn Lawson, Sarah Lucht, Larry Laverty, Dave Stippich, Jimmy Gomez, Joe Cronin, Wolfgang Williams, Caroline Donovan Boyd, Travis Ferguson, Ernest Truly, Mary Muldrew, Sarah Bing, Kether Hayden, Natascha Snellman, Ruben Bansie-Snellman, Joe Sackett, Jason Seitz, Shanti Cho, Theara Sao, Tiana Woods, Griffin Goins, Max Horner, Thomas Trullinger, Ty Schwoeffermann, Ray Monge, William S. Burroughs, Adolf Hitler, Mahdad Rezaujan, Gus Van Sant, Dany Wolf, Harris Savides
• Director: Gus Van Sant
• Runtime: 1:21
• Company: Optimum Releasing
• Media Format: Movie