The road to wellville willkommen in wellville bluray. Set in battle creek, michigan, during the early days of breakfast cereals, the story includes a historical fictionalization of john harvey kellogg, the inventor of corn flakes. The road to wellville is norberts second film with alan parker as the director. John harvey kellogg anthony hopkins opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas about optimal. There can be found in the back pages of various health magazines a small advertisement for colonic irrigation. This comedy tale focuses on the newly opened doors of the health spa in battle creek, michigan launched in the early 20th century by dr. A comedic 1994 film, directed by alan parker and based on a novel by american author t.
This movies isnt the best, but i think dana carvey is really funny in the movie as the adopted son george kellogg. The road to wellville 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The road to wellville 1994 a staunch advocate of healthy living, dr. John harvey kellogg, the crankish iconoclastic inventor of the corn flake. Parkers satire succeeds or fails on the strength of the individual characters caricatures, really, for nothing about the road to wellville is subtle. Streaming full the road to wellville 1994 first, once you can rate this movie. The road to wellville 1994 cast and crew moviefone. Luckily, the actors are all game and capable, from anthony hopkins bucktoothed reformer to the healthseekers played with abundant and varied charms by everyone from lara flynn boyle and. The road to wellville is available from amazon and other retailers. This is the road to wellville theatrical trailer by dirty hands on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. I have never mailed away for the booklet offered, and now that ive seen the road to wellville, i dont think i need to. The road to wellville soundtrack from 1994, composed by rachel portman.
Released by varese sarabande in 1994 vsd 5512 containing music from the road to wellville 1994. Coraghessan boyle, about some early twentiethcentury visitors to a singular health sanitarium run by dr. John harvey kellogg sir anthony hopkins runs a stylish health farm for the wealthy, an idea ahead of its time, based on extreme vegetarianism, neither sex, masturbation, nor even sensual stimulation, but laughing therapy and purging the polluted body, mainly by exercises, often in open air, vicious diet, his invention corn flakes, laxatives. Among the clients who arrive at the facility are the opportunistic charles ossining john cusack, who is keen on marketing kelloggs cereal, and the wealthy will lightbody matthew broderick and his wife, eleanor. The film, whose lightheartedness and wacky contraptions may call to mind the road to wellville, purports to tell the story of how motorized sex aids were accidentally discovered in victorian england around 1880 by dr.
Le film the road to wellville 1994 vostfr film complet. Watch the road to wellville online 1994 movie yidio. It is illustrated with a drawing of what looks like several tons of lava bursting forth from the earths core. This is the theatrical trailer for my absolute favorite movie ever. Basically, if youre looking for a weird dark comedy biopic with a great cast, this may work for you like it does for me. Some people complain that it was crude and disgusting, others complain that it didnt have a coherent plot, and still others whine that it wasnt historically accurate concerning dr. Road to wellville, the on dvd 043396093089 from sony pictures home entertainment. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Some people complain that it was crude and disgusting, others complain that it didnt have a coherent plot. Released october 28th, 1994, the road to wellville stars anthonyhopkins, bridgetfonda, matthewbroderick, johncusack the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 0 min, and received a score of out of. You can write, the road to wellville 1994 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie.
The road to wellville 1994 is available on netflix since. The road to wellville by alan parker, anthony hopkins. The road to wellville 1994 letterboxd your life in film. Nov 03, 2014 the road to wellville trailer 1994 director. A movie thats bawdy in places and always witty, its backed by rachel portmans amusing music score. John harvey kellogga vegetarian crusader, health guru and inventor of the. Jun 03, 2017 le film the road to wellville 1994 vostfr admin 20170603t04. I was very surprised and disappointed to see that it rated so low overall, as ive always enjoyed the movie over and over again.
While it is certainly much healthier for anyone to eat no meat and take no alcohol, caffeine or tobacco, the road to wellville uses those notions as mere steppingstones to greater and goofier reforms. John harvey kellogg a historical figure runs a stylish health farm for the wealthy, an idea ahead of his time, based. John kellog, fitness revolutionary, visionary, corn flake inventor, and founder of the worlds most outrageous health spa. Droga do wellville 1994 the road to wellville zwiastun vhs. An outrageous comedy, the road to wellville takes place at the turn of the century in the midst of the countrys newfound fixation with health fads. This movie is based on the book of the same name by t. The road to wellville can feel a bit messy upon first viewing, due to the many subplots throughout the film, but if i was in the editing chair i dont know what id cut, because i enjoy every scene. The road to wellville movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Dana carvey as george kellogg in the road to wellville. Popular videos the road to wellville the road to wellville topic. The vibrators actual provenance is still disputed, and granvilles invention was. It is a historical social commentary, observing the practices within a health sanitarium during the industrial boom of the early 20th century.
Im beginning to think that the general movie viewing public has become too generic in their tastes, and dont have an appreciation for throwback oddball comedies such as the road to wellville. The road to wellville soundtrack cd details and availability. John harvey kellogg anthony hopkins opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas about optimal wellbeing. The road to wellville 1994 stream and watch online. Coraghessan boyles novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor and cleanliving advocate john harvey kellogg and his methods employed at the battle creek sanitarium at the beginning of the 20th century. Dana carvey, john cusack, bridget fonda, matthew broderick, anthony hopkins. Add to watchlist the road to wellville is a 1994 comedydrama.
Get the road to wellville dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. John harvey kellogg anthony hopkins opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas. The road to wellville 1994 nude scenes film festival toronto intl film. Today i am essentially a vegetarian, so the jokes on me. It follows three interwoven stories at the worldfamous battle creek sanitarium, which was run by the eccentric dr. Anthony hopkins, bridget fonda, dana carvey, john cusack, matthew broderick, official content from sony pictures home entertainment. An all star cast dish out the laughs in this period comedy. The road to wellville is a 1993 novel by american author t. Sep 15, 2007 this is the theatrical trailer for my absolute favorite movie ever. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. Staring john cusack, bridget fonda, matthew broderick and anthony hopkins. Always remember dont trust the opinion of the road to wellville 1994 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment.
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