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When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination
Scott Anton
- Cesar Lloyd
- (as Scott Michael Anton)
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- TriviaCroatian city of Vukovar was defended by around 1,800 lightly armed soldiers of the Croatian National Guard (ZNG) and civilian volunteers, against as many as 36,000 JNA (Yugoslav People's Army) soldiers and Serb paramilitaries equipped with heavy artillery.
- GoofsDuring the battle, when they are hiding in the dead woman's house, the Serbian/Yugoslav tanks carry the Croatian national flag with a red star.
- Quotes
Yeager Pollack: There are only two different types of people in this world. Those who have seen the war, and those who haven't.
- Alternate versionsFor the United States version, the film's length was reduced by about 5 minutes; it also features a new score by Cliff Eidelman. All interview footage was cut. As well as a few short shots. The biggest cut is the one which announces the death of Cathy, the French journalist. The ending has a different voice-over. The only addition for the American version is when Sarah first says in the cafe "He's not dead".
- ConnectionsReferenced in Film Geek (2005)
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Andie MacDowell in a warmovie ? Yes and one of the better warmovies you'll find !
I doubt very many will ever get to see Harrison's flowers. This is really the most misleadingly titled movie i can recall. The title and the fact that it stars Andie MacDowell reaks cuddly romantic girl movie. Nothing could be farther from the truth !
Instead this movie turns out to be one of the better warmovies i've seen in recent years.
The story is actually similar to that of "saving private ryan" and it's portrayal of war as griping and realistic. Only this time we're not put into the shoes of soldiers storming up a bulletsprayed beach but in the shoes of the civilians that cover the wars: the photojournalists. And the heroics is not killing the enemy but simply to bring the world a glimpse of what goes on inside a the chaotic inferno that is a warzone.
Andie MacDowell plays Sarah Lloyd a suberban mother of two and voted "most unlikely to be found inside a warzone" in her highschool yearbook. When her husband "Harrison" (a roughneck newsweek warphotographer) goes missing in wartorn Croatia 1991. She basicly picks up a camera herself and goes over there to find him. Rather unbelievable but it works well to set up the real story.
Instead this movie turns out to be one of the better warmovies i've seen in recent years.
The story is actually similar to that of "saving private ryan" and it's portrayal of war as griping and realistic. Only this time we're not put into the shoes of soldiers storming up a bulletsprayed beach but in the shoes of the civilians that cover the wars: the photojournalists. And the heroics is not killing the enemy but simply to bring the world a glimpse of what goes on inside a the chaotic inferno that is a warzone.
Andie MacDowell plays Sarah Lloyd a suberban mother of two and voted "most unlikely to be found inside a warzone" in her highschool yearbook. When her husband "Harrison" (a roughneck newsweek warphotographer) goes missing in wartorn Croatia 1991. She basicly picks up a camera herself and goes over there to find him. Rather unbelievable but it works well to set up the real story.
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- Врятувати Харрісона
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- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,871,025
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $867,635
- Mar 17, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $3,033,646
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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