The Road to Wellville
Produced and released in 1994 by Columbia Pictures, gross of $6 million, color 35mm negative, 1.85:1 screen ratio, digital sound, 118 mins., Laserdisc released 1995, DVD released 2002.
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Parker's film
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Boyle's book
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Production:
- Directed by Alan Parker
- Screenplay by Alan Parker, from the novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Produced by Alan Parker
- Original Music by Rachel Portman
- Cinematography by Peter Biziou
- Film Editing by Gerry Hambling
- Sound Editing by Albert Gasser
- Production Design by Brian Morris
- Art Direction by John Willett
- Set Decoration by Claudette Didul
Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
- Bridget Fonda as Eleanor Lightbody
- Matthew Broderick as William Lightbody
- John Cusack as Charles Ossining
- Dana Carvey as George Kellogg
- Michael Lerner as Goodloe Bender
- Colm Meaney as Dr. Lionel Badger
- John Neville as Endymion Hart-Jones
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Ida Muntz
- Traci Lind as Nurse Graves
- Camryn Manheim as Virginia Cranehill
- Roy Brocksmith as Poultney Dab
- Norbert Weisser as Dr. Spitzvogel
- Monica Parker as Mrs. Tindermarsh
- Jacob Reynolds as Young George Kellogg
- Michael Goodwin as Dr. Frank Linniman
- Marshall Efron as Bartholomew Bookbinder
- Alexander Slanksnis as Mr. Unpronounceable
- Carole Shelley as Mrs. Hookstratten
- Gabriel Barre as Desk Clark
- Robert Tracey as Ernest O'Reilly
- Ann Tucker as Hannah
- Jemila Ericson as Mrs. Kellogg
- Marianne Muellerleile as Nurse Bloethal
Notes:
This comedy is based on the story of John Harvey Kellog and his Battle Creek Michigan Sanitarium in the 1890s that promoted "wellness" through daily enemas, eating cornflakes, and clean living.
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