Elvis and Anabelle

Elvis and Anabelle is an American romantic drama film written and directed by Will Geiger. It stars Blake Lively,[1] Max Minghella, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, and Keith Carradine. The film premiered on March 10, 2007 at the South by Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Texas, and later premiered on HBO in 2012.

Elvis and Anabelle
Promotional release poster
Directed byWill Geiger
Produced byCarolyn Pfeiffer
Nick Quested
Gregory Collins
Tom Schatz
Screenplay byWill Geiger
StarringBlake Lively
Max Minghella
Joe Mantegna
Mary Steenburgen
Keith Carradine
Music byBlake Neely
CinematographyConrad W. Hall
Edited bySandra Adair
Production
company
Distributed byThe Weinstein Company
Release date
  • March 10, 2007 (2007-03-10) (SXSW)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Groomed by her overly ambitious mother, Anabelle is on the road to winning the Miss Texas Rose title when she dies tragically due to an eating disorder after being crowned on stage. Her death lands her on the embalming table of Elvis Moreau, an embittered young man whose sense of family duty and love for his ailing father keep him from following his dreams. When Anabelle is miraculously resurrected on Elvis' embalming table, the two unexpectedly connect and sparks fly. With the help of each other and Elvis' father, they discover love, freedom and happiness as the real world and their own demons threaten to force them apart.

Cast

Critical reception

A reviewer writing for Movieline praised the performances of Lively and Minghella, and called the film "a dark and dreamy slice of Southern gothic romance, having all the hallmarks of a cult film in the making, destined for Gen-Z status."[2]

References
  1. Cusumano, Katherine (October 13, 2017). "Blake Lively Recounts Her Own Chilling Story of Sexual Harassment". W. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. "Remembering Elvis and Anabelle: Blake Lively's Real Breakthrough". Movieline. September 9, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
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