The cavemans valentine marked the majorstudio debut for director kasi lemmons, who made an impressive debut in 1997 with the independent drama eves bayou. Mar 06, 2001 the caveman s valentine finds composer terence blanchard teaming up again with director kasi lemmons and actor samuel l. Jackson is the latest star prepared to take on the role of holy madman in the cavemans valentine, an exercise in absurdity by kasi lemmons that is, for all that, not much. The movies romantic worldview also contains some humanist, demonic and more than a few brief politically correct elements. The cavemans valentine 2001 movie mistakes, goofs and. Jackson is romulus ledbetter, a julliard dropout who lives in a cave in a park in new york city. The cavemans valentine by george dawes green, paperback. She turns here to a script by novelist george dawes green, who adapted his own novel. Mar 02, 2001 the cavemans valentine works as everything but a mystery, yet it is intriguing in a number of ways. Movies like the cavemans valentine if you like the cavemans valentine you are looking for psychological, atmospheric and serious movies about with mental illness, mystery, murder, investigation, crimes, interracial relations and parents and children themes of crime, drama and music genre shot in usa or canada.
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The caveman s valentine is an offbeat mystery drama about a crazy homeless man on the trail of a murderer from the upper crust of society, or is he. Jackson as romulus ledbetter, a former julliard student, talented composer and pianist who now lives in a cave near a park in new york city. The cavemans valentine soundtrack cd details and availability. The cavemans valentine finds composer terence blanchard teaming up again with director kasi lemmons and actor samuel l. Very well written and with enough twists and turns to keep me guessing whodunit right until the mindblowing end. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the caveman s valentine 2001. This time, the score presents a special challenge in that the main character of the film, romulus ledbetter, played by jackson, is supposed to be a classically trained pianist who.
The caveman s valentine is a 2001 american mysterydrama film directed by kasi lemmons and starring samuel l. In this spinetingling and visually stunning thriller, academy awardnominee samuel l. Jackson, with whom he worked previously on eves bayou. When a boy is discovered dead on valentines day, everyone assumes he froze to death, but romulus believes he was murdered by noted photographer david leppenraub colm feore. The cops decide its the accidental death, but romulus believes a friend of the dead guys who claims photographer david killed the guy. Jackson based on george dawes green s 1994 novel of the same name. The cavemans valentine synopsis favorite theater button. A cavedwelling man sets out to track down the killer of. The film was released by universal focus, a subsidiary of universal studios and focus features. Watch the cavemans valentine online stream full movie.
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Read the the cavemans valentine movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. A cavedwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a. He struggles to convince everyone, including his police officer daughter but, inspired by hallucinations of his late wife, he eventually gets his chance to crack the. That green was really ehh i dont know how to describe it. Romulus is mentally ill former composer living in a park in new york city. Jun 19, 2014 the cavemans valentine licensed to youtube by adrev for a 3rd party on behalf of decca. Cavemans valentine suggests her fears may have been wellfounded. The caveman s valentine marked the majorstudio debut for director kasi lemmons, who made an impressive debut in 1997 with the independent drama eve s bayou. Feore as leppenraub and anne magnuson as his sister give multi layered performances that lend. Watch the movie trailer for the caveman\ s valentine 2001. The detective in the cavemans valentine is a raving lunatic on his.
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