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My Blueberry Nights

Synopsis

In a Wong Kar Wai's debut English language feature, the internationally acclaimed director takes his audience on a dramatic journey across the distance between heartbreak and a new beginning.

After a rough break-up, Elizabeth (played by songstress Norah Jones in her screen debut) sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind a life of memories, a dream and a soulful new friend -- a café owner (Jude Law) -- all while in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, Elizabeth befriends others whose yearnings are greater than hers, including a troubled cop (David Strathairn) and his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz) and a down-on-her luck gambler (Natalie Portman) with a score to settle.

Through these individuals, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a greater exploration within herself.


Sometimes the tangible distance between two persons can be quite small but the emotional one can be miles.

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS is a look at those distances, from various angles.

I wanted to explore these expanses, both figuratively and literally, and the lengths it takes to overcome them.

-- Wong Kar Wai

My Blueberry Nights

About the Cast

NORAH JONES as ELIZABETH

Norah Jones, the talented singer, songwriter and pianist, who has won over the world with her signature style, made her debut album COME AWAY WITH ME on Blue Note Records in 2003, selling 20 million copies worldwide and garnering eight Grammy Awards, including album of the year, best new artist, best female pop vocal performance, and record of the year for the bluesy single, "Don't Know Why."

Her second album, FEELS LIKE HOME, released in 2004, topped sales charts and was nominated for 4 Grammys.

In 2005 she shared a Grammy with the late Ray Charles for the duet "Here We Go Again." In 2006, she released an album as part of her band The Little Willies. Her third album NOT TOO LATE was released in January 2007 by Blue Note to critical acclaim and worldwide success, topping the charts on five continents.

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS marks her film debut.

JUDE LAW as JEREMY

Jude Law is one of the most sought-after talents in the acting world. Jude worked the National Youth Music Theatre, and has appeared in several productions on the West End and at the National Theatre. He has also been very active on British TV and film. For his work in WILDE, playing opposite Stephen Fry and Vanessa Redgrave, he won several awards, including the London Film Critics Circle Awards and the Evening Standard Award.

His American film debut was in the futuristic GATTACA opposite Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Other films include Sam Mendes' ROAD TO PERDITION, starring alongside Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, David Cronenberg's EXISTENZ, which also featured Jennifer Jason Leigh and Willem Dafoe, Clint Eastwood's MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, in which he shared the screen with Kevin Spacey and John Cusack, and Jean-Jacques Annaud's World War II epic ENEMY AT THE GATES.

Law received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor for his work in COLD MOUNTAIN. Law was also nominated for both Academy and Golden Globe Awards in 2000 for his performance as "Dickie Greenleaf" in THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. He received the BAFTA award that year for the role.

His recent film credits include ALL THE KING'S MEN, opposite Sean Penn and Kate Winslet, THE HOLIDAY opposite Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, BREAKING AND ENTERING for director Anthony Minghella, opposite Juliette Binoche and Robin Wright Penn. He recently completed shooting the remake of SLEUTH with Michael Caine

DAVID STRATHAIRN as ARNIE

David Strathairn has been active on the American screen since 1979, when he appeared in RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN, the first of seven collaborations with filmmaker John Sayles, among them, MATEWAN, PASSION FISH, and EIGHT MEN OUT. In addition to his work in "independent films" he has worked with several of the top American film directors, including Mike Nichols (SILKWOOD), Steven Gyllenhaal (LOSING ISAIAH), Sydney Pollack (THE FIRM), Curtis Hanson (THE RIVER WILD), Taylor Hackford (DOLORES CLAIBORNE), Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN), Tim Robbins (BOB ROBERTS), and Philip Kaufman (TWISTED), and has appeared with some of the greatest actors of our time: Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates, Sigourney Weaver, Debra Winger, Danny Glover, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange, Christopher Walken, Chris Cooper, Frank Langella, and Al Pacino. For his performance as Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney's film GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK David was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

RACHEL WEISZ as SUE LYNNE

Rachel Weisz received an Academy Award for her performance in THE CONSTANT GARDENER directed by Fernando Meirelles (CITY OF GOD) and based on the best-selling John le Carré novel. She also won the Screen Actors Guild Award as well as the Golden Globe.

Weisz's upcoming projects include David Dobkin's comedy FRED CLAUS starring opposite Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, Adam Brooks DEFINITELY MAYBE opposite Ryan Reynolds, and Rian Johnson's international con man adventure THE BROTHERS BLOOM.

Past film credits include Darren Aronofsky's THE FOUNTAIN opposite Hugh Jackman, Francis Lawrence's hit thriller CONSTANTINE, Gary Fleder's RUNAWAY JURY, James Foley's CONFIDENCE and Chris and Paul Weitz's ABOUT A BOY.

She is known to audiences worldwide for her lead role opposite Brendan Fraser in Stephen Sommers' blockbuster movies THE MUMMY and THE MUMMY RETURNS. She also starred in Jean-Jacques Annaud's ENEMY AT THE GATES, Michael Winterbottom's I WANT YOU, David Leland's THE LAND GIRLS, Beeban Kidron's SWEPT FROM THE SEA. Bernardo Bertolucci's STEALING BEAUTY, and Neil LaBute's THE SHAPE OF THINGS on screen and on stage (the film marked her first venture into producing). On stage she also starred in Noel Coward's DESIGN FOR LIVING and SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER.

Weisz began her career at Cambridge University where she formed the Talking Tongues Theatre Group, which performed numerous experimental pieces and won the prestigious Guardian Award at the Edinburgh Festival.

NATALIE PORTMAN as LESLIE

Since her debut at 11 years old in Luc Besson's THE PROFESSIONAL, Natalie Portman has appeared in the films BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, MARS ATTACKS!, ANYWHERE BUT HERE, WHERE THE HEART IS, and the stage production of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

While completing her psychology degree at Harvard, Portman starred in the STAR WARS prequels, COLD MOUNTAIN, the Public Theater's Central Park production of THE SEAGULL opposite Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, GARDEN STATE, and CLOSER for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

Portman most recently starred in V FOR VENDETTA. This year, she appears in Milos Forman's GOYA'S GHOSTS, as Anne Boleyn in THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, and opposite Dustin Hoffman in the children's fantasy MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM.

CHAN MARSHALL as KATYA

Chan Marshall is a Georgia-born songwriter famed (as Cat Power) for her minimalist style, sparse guitar and piano playing, and soulful, cathartic vocals. Spin Magazine has called Cat Power "the archetypal rock heroine" in naming her album "The Greatest" one of the best of 2006. She makes her film debut in MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS.

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