A friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.A friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.A friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.
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- TriviaIt was this film in which Gus Van Sant started making long shots because of his love for Béla Tarr's films.
- GoofsGerry uses his turban filled with dirt to make a soft landing spot for the jump. Walking away moments later, it appears to be spotless clean.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits, only a blue screen.
- ConnectionsEdited into Destination Planet Rock (2007)
- SoundtracksSpiegel im Spiegel
by Arvo Pärt
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an impressive devastating true story adaptation
I've seen "My Own Private Idaho", "Finding Forrester" and "Good Will Hunting" by Gus Van Sant which were all fairly impressive but now am very eager to watch the 2003 Palme D'Or winner "Elephant", especially after my initial screening of "Gerry" last night which tops all the Van Sant flicks I've seen to date. This is an engaging effort from Gus, and outstanding career highlight performances for the main actors Casey Affleck and Matt Damon. I can see why people are saying that some shots are "too long" and other comments like "I fell asleep", however I love this style of cinema which reminded me a lot of the spectacular effort from Kitano with "Dolls". Minimal, hypnotic, and great shots throughout. The camera trickery has to be highlighted with varying depth of field shots giving you a deluded sense of fatigue, plus the ongoing buzzing sound which intensifies with the sun throughout the evolving journey, similar to the buzzing lights in Noé's "Irréversible". The main point I want to bring up is the film was very well structured and scripted for the time it covers. It's realistic and well balanced with regular events. However if your comfort zone sits around the 'Hollywood standard' where there's a 5 camera shoot for every scene with 3 second cuts between shots and the suspenseful default score to keep you 'on your seat', then you'll be pleasantly appalled with this 'real' rendition of a devastating true story.
8/10
8/10
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- Nov 18, 2004
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- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $254,683
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,285
- Feb 17, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $254,683
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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