Spider's feisty gal takes to the sky

by BAZ BAMIGBOYE, Daily Mail

Last updated at 08:40 07 October 2005


There's something wistful about Kirsten Dunst's performance in Cameron Crowe's new movie Elizabethtown.

She plays a flight attendant who falls for a passenger (Orlando Bloom) who is heading to Kansas to arrange his father's burial. It's a deeply personal film by Crowe, who directed Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire.

Maybe it's because I grew up reading Crowe in Rolling Stone and later watched all his pictures (though I hated Vanilla Sky) that I connected with Elizabethtown more than others who saw it at film festivals in Venice and Toronto.

Or maybe it's because of my own family history that I found it so moving.

My father was buried before I had even learned that he'd passed away. I can't deny that watching Elizabethtown made me think of him, just as the death of Crowe's father influenced him to write this heartfelt film.

Actually, Elizabethtown isn't all mournful. It's very witty in parts and, as with all Crowe's films, has a great soundtrack.

Next up for Kirsten is Spiderman 3, though we'll hopefully see her as Marie-Antoinette first.

Elizabethtown will be shown at the bfi Times London Film Festival at the Odeon West End on October 20 and 21.

To book, call: 020 7928 3232; www.lff.org.uk

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