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Gerry
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Produced by Dany Wolf
Written by Casey Affleck
Matt Damon
Gus Van Sant
Starring Matt Damon
Casey Affleck
Music by Arvo Pärt
Distributed by Independent Films
ThinkFilm Inc.
Release date(s) 14 February 2003
Running time 103 min.
Language English
Budget $3,500,000 (estimated)
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Gerry is a 2002 film directed by Gus Van Sant, written by and starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Caleb Casey Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Caleb Casey Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ... Arvo Pärt (born September 11, 1935 in Paide), (IPA: ˈɑr̺vɔ ˈpær̺t) is an Estonian composer, often identified with the school of minimalism and more specifically, that of mystic minimalism or sacred minimalism. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki... Insert non-formatted text here{| style=float:right; |- | paul is so hot sophie loves him |- | |} is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Caleb Casey Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor. ...


Plot

Gerry is about two driving companions, both called Gerry. "Gerry", a slang term used by Matt Damon and Ben and Casey Affleck meaning "screw up," [1] is used several times in the film as a verb or adjective and not a proper noun. Van Sant revealed in interviews that Damon and Affleck used the term before the movie had even been named.[citation needed] The characters are apparently on a hike to view a "thing" at the end of a wilderness trail, but after some walking, talking, and a short foot race they agree on their mutual disinterest in the site and decide to turn around. They soon realize that they are lost in the desert. This article is about arid terrain. ...


After several days of wandering around mostly in silence, both protagonists collapse due to fatigue and dehydration. The weaker of the two (Affleck) proclaims that he is "leaving." Whereupon, Damon struggles on top of Affleck, dispassionately strangling him. After some time, he's awakened by the sound of an engine and rises to his feet. Walking only a few hundred yards or so, he discovers a busy highway on the horizon. Gerry catches a ride with a family, whom he watches in awkward silence. Dehydration (hypohydration) is the removal of water (hydro in ancient Greek) from an object. ... Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... An animated demonstration of a six-legged insect walking. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Horizon. ...


The film is dedicated to the memory of Ken Kesey. Kenneth Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and as a counter-cultural figure who, some consider, was a link between the beat generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. ...


Further reading

  • Narrativity - in contrast to the approach adopted for this film.

In film theory, narrativity refers to the proceses by which a story is both presented by the filmmaker and interpreted by the viewer. ...

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Films by Gus Van Sant

Mala Noche • Drugstore Cowboy • My Own Private Idaho • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues • To Die For • Good Will Hunting • Psycho • Finding Forrester • Gerry • Elephant • Last Days • Paranoid Park
Shorts: The Discipline Of D.E. • Ken Death Gets Out Of Jail • My New Friend • Five Ways To Kill Yourself • Thanksgiving Prayer • Four Boys In A Volvo • Ballad Of The Skeletons • Paris, je t'aime (segment "Le Marais") • Chacun Son Cinéma The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mala Noche (a. ... Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. ... My Own Private Idaho is a 1991 gay-themed independent film written and directed by Gus Van Sant, loosely based on Shakespeares Henry IV, part 1. ... This article is about the film. ... To Die For is a 1995 film written by Buck Henry, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard (ISBN 0595269397), and directed by Gus Van Sant. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Psycho is a 1998 film remake of the Alfred Hitchcock 1960 version produced and directed by Gus Van Sant for Universal Pictures. ... Finding Forrester is a 2000 movie, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant, about a teenager, Jamal Wallace, played by Rob Brown, who is accepted into a prestigious private high school. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Last Days (2005) is a film by director Gus Van Sant, and is a fictionalized account of the last days of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... Paranoid Park is a 2007 film directed by Gus Van Sant. ... Paris, je taime (Paris, I love you) is a 2006 film starring several famous (and less famous) American, British and French movie actors, including Nick Nolte, Elijah Wood, Bob Hoskins, Natalie Portman, Gérard Depardieu, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi and Gena Rowlands. ...


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Gerry review (630 words)
Like the image of the desert, his film is arid but of an ethereal beauty, filled with loneliness and a languor that is lost in its infinite horizon.
It is their experience that counts and he wants us to share it by opting for a slow rhythm, a narrative stripped of all screenwriting tricks and simple, repetitive and sometimes very creative shots—as that of their two faces superimposed during a cadenced walk.
Gerry Affleck, clad in fl and very "rock n roll" for an excursion, wears a star on his t-shirt which, as a celestial symbol of direction or position on a map, seems to taunt him all the more since he's lost in the middle of nowhere.
Gerry (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (353 words)
The film received widely diverse reactions, from contempt to lavish praise, as it made its way through the film festival circuit and the few theaters to which it was released.
The way that the film is made stands in the foreground of reviews, becoming the subject, rather than the parable-like fragment of a story which the film concerns.
A short distance from their car, in the midst of a brushy field, they agree on their mutual disinterest in a meeting with an undisclosed purpose, which they had travelled far into the wilderness to attend, and soon realize that they are lost in the desert.
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