This movie is about the doctor and cleanliving advocate john harvey kellogg and his unusual methods for maintaining health. The title on the amazon site is the road to wellville the dvd is in german and. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. Watch the road to wellville online 1994 movie yidio. Streaming full the road to wellville 1994 first, once you can rate this movie. 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. The road to wellville trailer entertainment in video ev. Kellogg is the health radical of his day and holds court at his battle creek sanitarium where wealthy people travel from all over the world to find the key to biological living. Get the road to wellville dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. John harvey kelloggs infamous battle creek spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, poor will goes too. The road to wellville 1994 is available on netflix since.
The road to wellville national geographic traveler. Coraghessan boyles novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor and cleanliving advocate john harvey. Financial analysis of the road to wellville 1994 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The road to wellville simple english wikipedia, the free. The road to wellville, set in 1907, is a comedy about the famed health fanatic and creator of the corn flake, dr. Here is a lavish, overproduced satire that finds its hilarity in bowel. A madcap portrayal of william lightbodys stay at the health farm run by cereal king dr. Wellville is a rich plumcake of a book, full of ripely conceived characters, satire both broad and. Coraghessan boyle this study guide consists of approximately 8 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the road to wellville. Add to watchlist the road to wellville is a 1994 comedydrama.
Always remember dont trust the opinion of the road to wellville 1994 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment. With anthony hopkins, bridget fonda, matthew broderick, john cusack. Nov 03, 2014 the road to wellville trailer 1994 director. The road to wellville finally discussion in archived threads 20012004 started by mikeeckman, jun 18, 2002.
Reviewed in the united kingdom on december 7, 2017. The vibrators actual provenance is still disputed, and granvilles invention was. The road to wellville 1994 meets shutter island 2010 with a dash of. Anthony hopkins, bridget fonda, dana carvey, john cusack, matthew broderick, official content from sony pictures home. A comedy of the heart and other organs an unhappy young couple visit the infamous kellogg spa in battle creek, michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfastcereal business and compete against john kelloggs corn flakes. This movie is based on the book of the same name by t. This is the road to wellville by dirty hands on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The road to wellville trailer 1994 video detective. Sep 07, 2017 there are a couple of more important issues about cancer. The road to wellville soundtrack cd details and availability. 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 trailer entertainment in video ev taken from x rental vhs tape comment like share subscribe 2ombieboy. The road to wellville dvd, 2004 for sale online ebay. You can write, the road to wellville 1994 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie.
Coraghessan boyle, about some early twentiethcentury visitors to a singular health sanitarium run by dr. The road to wellville, set in 1907, is a comedy about the famed health fanatic and. Im beginning to think that the general movieviewing 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 is a 1993 novel by american author t. The fascinating parts are really fascinating and the dull parts are, thankfully, not that dull, thanks to.
Parkers satire succeeds or fails on the strength of the individual characters caricatures, really, for nothing about the road to wellville is subtle. Parkers angel heart a lot faster than it summons mississippi burning or the commitments, presents all its actors in histrionic overdrive. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. A movie thats bawdy in places and always witty, its backed by rachel portmans amusing music score. While it is clear that some things cause harm to the human body, such as smoking, it should be kept in mind that it is the healing process gone awry that allows cancer to form. I have never mailed away for the booklet offered, and now that ive seen the road to wellville, i dont think i need to. Season of the witch 1972 black sunday 1977 supermarkt 1974 subwaystories tales from the underground 1997 radio inside 1994. The road to wellville 1994 upcoming movies movie database. The road to wellville is available from amazon and other retailers. The road to wellville by alan parker, anthony hopkins. Using his grandmothers journal as his guide, the author recreates the.
But in the end, as a reassurance to those of us who have savored the sharpness, complexity and bitterness of his previous works, the animals still bite, the fecal matter still flies and foolishness is still on ample display. The fascinating parts are really fascinating and the dull parts are, thankfully, not that dull, thanks to t. John harvey kellogg anthony hopkins opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas about optimal. 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. The road to wellville this months great read, selected by our editors. The road to wellville soundtrack by rachel portman. Some people complain that it was crude and disgusting, others complain that it didnt have a coherent plot.
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 a 1994 american comedydrama film adaptation of t. Born on december 31, 1937, as the only son of a baker, welsh actor anthony hopkins was drawn to the theater while attending the ymca at age 17, and later learned the basics of his craft at londons royal academy of dramatic art. An all star cast dish out the laughs in this period comedy.
This is the theatrical trailer for my absolute favorite movie ever. The movie was released october 28, 1994 in the united states. I was very surprised and disappointed to see that it rated so low overall, as ive always enjoyed the movie over and over again. The road to wellville is norberts second film with alan parker as the director. 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. The road to wellville dr kellog bridget fonda anthony hopkins dvd. The road to wellville original motion picture soundtrack. The road to wellville satirizes the american obsession with health and fitness through a lampoon of the physical culture movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. If you took that mashedup disk and popped it into the entertainment system, what came out on the tv would probably look a lot like this trailer for a cure for wellness. Dana carvey, bridget fonda, matthew broderick, john cusack. Oct 28, 1994 in the process of lampooning turnof the century health food faddists, the road to wellville displays lunacy of its own. 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. In the fall of 1907, will and eleanor lightbody, a wealthy, neurotic couple from peterskill, new york travel to battle creek, michigan to immerse themselves in the routine of the famous sanitarium run by cornflake inventor, dr.
The road to wellville 1994 changes the movie database. Imagine if you took dvd copies of the road to wellville, eyes wide shut, and sucker punch, and you compressed them all together with some finnish guys hydraulic press. Boyle is undoubtedly one of americas great and iconic authors, and while the quality of his work does vary, the road to wellville finds him working in his sweet spot. The road to wellville 1994 a staunch advocate of healthy living, dr. A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in. John harvey kelloggs infamous battle creek spa to live out the. One response to the road to wellville 1994 jjjohnson says. The road to wellville soundtrack from 1994, composed by rachel portman. 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. Eleanor is a health nut of the first stripe, and when in 1907 she journeys to dr. Today i am essentially a vegetarian, so the jokes on me.
The road to wellville is an attimes fascinating, attimes dull historical fiction about john harvey kellogg and his cultlike following of health nuts at the turn of the century. John harvey kellogg runs the battle creek sanitarium based on his bizarre beliefs about health. The road to wellville trailer entertainment in video ev duration. Coraghessan boyles novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor a. A comedic 1994 film, directed by alan parker and based on a novel by american author t. Released by varese sarabande in 1994 vsd 5512 containing music from the road to wellville 1994. There are a couple of more important issues about cancer. John kellog, fitness revolutionary, visionary, corn flake inventor, and founder of the worlds most outrageous health spa. Unlike disney, columbia tristarwhich is releasing the road to wellville has been releasing some catalog movies on panandscan dvds regardless of family appealsuch as perfect, midnight clear and others. It is illustrated with a drawing of what looks like several tons of lava bursting forth from the earths core. Williams wife, eleanor, has persuaded him to go to kellogg to have his system cleaned. Coraghessan boyles novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor. There can be found in the back pages of various health magazines a small advertisement for colonic irrigation.
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous kellogg spa in battle creek, michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfastcereal business and compete against john kelloggs corn flakes. Will lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, eleanor, too much. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. John harvey kellogg, the crankish iconoclastic inventor of the corn flake kellogg is played by anthony hopkins, and in his own way is almost as scary as hannibal lecter.
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