This movies isnt the best, but i think dana carvey is really funny in the movie as the adopted son george kellogg. 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. Add to watchlist the road to wellville is a 1994 comedydrama. Anthony hopkins, bridget fonda, dana carvey, john cusack, matthew broderick, official content from sony pictures home entertainment. Streaming full the road to wellville 1994 first, once you can rate this movie. Le film the road to wellville 1994 vostfr film complet.
Released by varese sarabande in 1994 vsd 5512 containing music from the road to wellville 1994. 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 1994 in welville, at battle creek, eccentric rich dr. The road to wellville soundtrack cd details and availability. A movie thats bawdy in places and always witty, its backed by rachel portmans amusing music score. John harvey kellogg anthony hopkins opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas about optimal. Parkers satire succeeds or fails on the strength of the individual characters caricatures, really, for nothing about the road to wellville is subtle. 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. Jun 03, 2017 le film the road to wellville 1994 vostfr admin 20170603t04. The road to wellville by alan parker, anthony hopkins. 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 1994 is available on netflix since. Droga do wellville 1994 the road to wellville zwiastun vhs. An all star cast dish out the laughs in this period comedy. The vibrators actual provenance is still disputed, and granvilles invention was. Get the road to wellville dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. John harvey kellogg, the crankish iconoclastic inventor of the corn flake. 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.
There can be found in the back pages of various health magazines a small advertisement for colonic irrigation. John harvey kellogga vegetarian crusader, health guru and inventor of the. The road to wellville is a 1993 novel by american author t. Always remember dont trust the opinion of the road to wellville 1994 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment. 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. 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. This is the theatrical trailer for my absolute favorite movie ever. I have never mailed away for the booklet offered, and now that ive seen the road to wellville, i dont think i need to. John harvey kellogg anthony hopkins opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas. The road to wellville 1994 letterboxd your life in film. 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.
The road to wellville willkommen in wellville bluray. 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. I was very surprised and disappointed to see that it rated so low overall, as ive always enjoyed the movie over and over again.
Basically, if youre looking for a weird dark comedy biopic with a great cast, this may work for you like it does for me. The road to wellville 1994 a staunch advocate of healthy living, dr. Funniest scene dana carvey as george kellogg in the. 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 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Nov 03, 2014 the road to wellville trailer 1994 director. It follows three interwoven stories at the worldfamous battle creek sanitarium, which was run by the eccentric dr. Oct 28, 2009 the road to wellville 1994 in welville, at battle creek, eccentric rich dr. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Coraghessan boyle, about some early twentiethcentury visitors to a singular health sanitarium run by dr. The road to wellville soundtrack from 1994, composed by rachel portman. The road to wellville 1994 stream and watch online. John kellog, fitness revolutionary, visionary, corn flake inventor, and founder of the worlds most outrageous health spa. The road to wellville movie quotes rotten tomatoes. John harvey kellogg a historical figure runs a stylish health farm for the wealthy, an idea ahead of his time, based. The road to wellville is norberts second film with alan parker as the director.
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. It is a historical social commentary, observing the practices within a health sanitarium during the industrial boom of the early 20th century. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. The road to wellville 1994 nude scenes film festival toronto intl film. It is illustrated with a drawing of what looks like several tons of lava bursting forth from the earths core. 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 available from amazon and other retailers. You can write, the road to wellville 1994 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. Sep 15, 2007 this is the theatrical trailer for my absolute favorite movie ever. 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.
Dana carvey, john cusack, bridget fonda, matthew broderick, anthony hopkins. A comedic 1994 film, directed by alan parker and based on a novel by american author t. 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. Staring john cusack, bridget fonda, matthew broderick and anthony hopkins. Today i am essentially a vegetarian, so the jokes on me.
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