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The Fountain (2006)

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Release Date: November 22, 2006
On DVD: May 15, 2007
Genre: Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi
Running Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality and language.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writer: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Gullette, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy

"The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Tree of Life, the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel Read more

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Grade: B- The Fountain is Darren Aronofsky's latest ambitious film following cult classics Pi and Requiem for a Dream. As I regard Dream to be one of the best movies ever created, I had been anticipating The Fountain, about immortality and the fountain of youth, for what seems like years. Disappointed I was to find the film a beautiful yet convoluted drama that makes little sense - or makes perfect sense and just doesn't matter.

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Tthe Fountain, by alicea keys

December 21, 2006

A movie for an awakened
intelligent, thinking mind
seeking a reprieve from
the "junk movies" that
abound.

Great Movie....
one to be seen
more than once.

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