Elijah Jordan Wood - Performer For Our Time

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Elijah Wood - The Faculty (1998) - Performance as Casey Connor

Spoiler Alert It’s funny to even say this, but The Faculty may be Elijah Wood’s only foray into the child-star to teen-star venue. Flipper, Oliver Twist, Deep Impact and The Ice Storm were all films with challenging roles for Elijah; roles that had him play against-type; roles with character arcs... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Elijah Wood - The Faculty (1998) - Synopsis

SPOILER ALERT The Faculty is a teen remake of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers mixed with a touch of The Village of the Damned and Grease. It fits into a specific genre groove and rarely needs to jump the divider and be more than it actually is. It opens on the High School football field in a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 4, 2005

Elijah Wood - Huck Finn (1993) - Trivia & Notes

Spoiler Alert Here are some interesting notes about The Adventures of Huck Finn, which have appeared in various trivia questions on Internet boards or could well appear. Tom Sawyer in the original book had a much larger role. In this film version, Tom is just one of the friends that root Huck on... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Elijah Wood - Everything Is Illuminated (2005) - Trivia & Notes

Here are some interesting notes about Everything Is Illuminated, which have appeared in various trivia questions on Internet boards or could well appear. The author of Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer has a cameo appearance in the film. Near the end of the film, when Elijah Wood... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Elijah Wood -Everything Is Illuminated (2005) - Review

A wall filled with visuals—objects captured from one’s life and the lives of those you love—like photographs, only more meaningful, more poignant. That is the world of Jonathan Safran Foer, an introspective young Jew, who is afraid that if he doesn’t collect these bits of memorabilia—time snippets... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Elijah Wood -Everything Is Illuminated (2005)- Performance as Jonathan Foer

SPOILER ALERT Elijah Wood emerges before the camera in many forms and guises, his versatility a wonderment to his fans and the acting community. True to form (lately), he has come off film history’s largest and most lucrative blockbuster to spawn a series of independent, lightly distributed (if... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 8, 2005

Elijah Wood - Everything Is Illuminated (2005) -- Synopsis

MAJOR SPOILER ALERT Visit Elijah Wood: Performer for Our Time website for complete reference to his filmography. Everything Is Illuminated begins with a close up of an amber encasement that plays an important role both in the plot line and the film’s overall symbolism. A voice over from Alex... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 3, 2005

Elijah Wood - Green Street Hooligans (2005) - Notes and Trivia

Here are some interesting notes about Green Street Hooligan, which have appeared in various trivia questions on Internet boards or could well appear. Green Street Hooligans was originally called The Yank and later Hooligans before settling into its distribution name as we see it today. Green Street... Sign in to see full entry.

Elijah Wood - Huck Finn (1993) - Review

From the first opening Clemensian Voice Over and the whimsical fight scene, Huck Finn brims with authenticity and focus. Sure, we’ve read the book and seen the many movie versions. But this one stands tall and comes to grips with Twain’s not-so-juvenile hero as he grows along the river of life.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Elijah Wood - Huck Finn (1993) - Performance as "Huck Finn"

Spoiler Alert An easy formula—a great Novel with a good script, a picturesque setting and a cute kiddy actor to star and attract. One might think. But of all the juvenile fictional characters in the cannons of literature, Huckleberry Finn is far from easy and acres from juvenile. If Elijah Wood... Sign in to see full entry.

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