Broken Flowers
As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- France, United States
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.
Top credits
Bill Murray — Don Johnston
Jessica Lange — Carmen
Sharon Stone — Laura
Julie Delpy — Sherry
Did you know
• Homer Murray: Bill Murray's son has a quick role at the very end of the film. He looks into the camera as the car he is in passes by.
• Jim Jarmusch asked each of the four female leads to write a version of the pink letter from the point of view of their respective characters. He used a combination of those four letters in the film.
• According to Bill Murray, he considered retiring after doing this film because he felt that it was the best acting performance he could ever give.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $13,744,960
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $780,408 (2005-08-07)
User reviews
Leaves itself open to interpretation
Good Movie from an On Again/Off Again Director
Wonderfully unique and charming (but perhaps too spare)
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
