Somewhere [Blu-ray]

Director: Sofia Coppola Sofia Coppola

Overview

Roguish Hollywood star Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) finds his debauched life of excess unexpectedly interrupted when his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning) shows up at the Chateau Marmont Hotel for an unscheduled visit. Later, as father and daughter reconnect, Johnny begins to reassess his sordid lifestyle. Writer/director Sofia Coppola teams with brother Roman to produce a film executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and released by Focus Features.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2011
UPC:	0025192047701
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stephen Dorff	Johnny Marco
Elle Fanning	Cleo
Chris Pontius	Sammy
Lala Sloatman	Layla
Benicio Del Toro	Himself
Kristina Shannon	Bambi,Cindy
Amanda Anka	Marge
Ellie Kemper	Claire
Michelle Monaghan	Rebecca
Sylvia Desrochers	Rebecca's Publicist
John Prudhont	Chateau Patio Waiter
Ruby Corley	Patio Girl
Angela Lindvall	Blonde in Mercedes
Erin Wasson	Party Girl #1
Alexandra Williams	Party Girl #2
Nathalie Fay	Party Girl #3
Maryna Linchuk	Vampire Model
Meghan Collision	Vampire Model
Jessica Miller	Vampire Model
Renee Roca	Ice Skating Instructor
Lauren Hastings	Pretty Girl
Brian Gattas	Studio PR Man
Randa Walker	Eager PR Woman
Christopher James Taylor	Press Photographer
Silvia Bizio	Italian Journalist
Noel De Souza	Indian Journalist
Lisa Lu	Chinese Journalist
Aleksandr Nevskiy	Russian Journalist
Aida Takla-O'Reilly	Egyptian Journalist
Emanuel Levy	Israeli Journalist
H.J. Park	Korean Journalist
Jordu Schell	SPFX Make-up Artist
Joey Rocket	SPFX Make-up Artist
Jack Firman Jr.	SPFX Make-up Artist
Io Bottoms	Receptionist,Receptionist
Paul Greene	Ron the Masseur
Eliza Coupe	Hotel Room Neighbor
Nicole Trunfio	Brunette Bikini Beauty
Tim Starks	LAX VIP Services
Mary McNeal	Airline Rep
Ferruccio Calamari	Milan VIP Handler
Antonio Bracciani	Milan Airport Policeman
Davide Borella	Hotel Manager - Milan
Nunzio Alfredo Pupi d'Angieri	Pupi
Jo Champa	Pupi's Wife
Greta Zamparini	Pupi's PR
Stefano Fiorentino	Young Rich Man
Laura Chiatti	Sylvia
Giorgia Surina	Italian TV Reporter
Simona Ventura	Telegatto Host
Nino Frassica	Telegatto Host
Maurizio Nichetti	Telegatto Award Recipient
Paola Turani	Telegatto Girl
Marica Pellegrinelli	Telegatto Girl
Valeria Marini	Telegatto Special Guest
Martina Chiriaco	Telegatto Dancer
Jennifer Iacono	Telegatto Dancer
Angela Lanotte	Telegatto Dancer
Simona Lucia Tauro	Telegatto Dancer
Marco Gandolfi Vannini	Italian Limo Driver
Philip Pavel	Hotel Manager
Romulo Laki	Romulo
Damian Delgado	Victor
Laura Ramsey	Naked Blonde With Sailor Cap
Nathalie Love	Young Wasted Girl
Caitlin Keats	Chateau Lobby Guest
David Jean Thomas	Casino Croupier
Peter McKernan	Helicopter Pilot,Helicopter Ground Safety
C.C. Sheffield	Woman Getting Haircut
Ray Garcia	Parking Valet
Aurélien Wiik	French Guy,Actor
Peter McKernan, Sr.	Helicopter Pilot

Technical Credits

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola	Director,Screenwriter,Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
G. Mac Brown	Producer
Paul Rassam	Executive Producer,Producer
Fred Roos	Executive Producer,Producer
Richard Beggs	Sound/Sound Designer
Courtney Bright	Casting
Nicole Daniels	Casting
Harris Savides	Camera Operator
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	Script Supervisor
Susumu Tokunow	Sound Mixer
Roy Waldspurger	Sound Editor
Robert Nagle	Stunts
Syd Dutton	Special Effects
Wade Barnett	Sound Effects
Youree Henley	Producer

Editorial Reviews

After her opulent 2006 effort Marie Antoinette fell so flat with critics, Sofia Coppola apparently decided to scale down her vision and go for something close to home, directing a quiet, modest, and altogether affecting little drama with 2010's Somewhere. Following a burned-out action star named Johnny (Stephen Dorff) as he spends a week with his heretofore neglected 11-year-old daughter, Cleo (Elle Fanning), while her mom -- whose relationship with Johnny, we assume, was brief -- is out of town, the movie acts as a fly on the wall while the unlikely pair bum around his massive suite at the Chateu Marmont, embark on a brief press tour to Italy, and learn some largely unspoken lessons about happiness, parenthood, and the ridiculousness of life in Hollywood. Dorff made minor waves in the '90s as a tough-but-pretty boy in movies like S.F.W., which made him few friends in critical circles. But even the actor's harshest critics would have to agree that this only makes him better suited for his role in Somewhere, since the less you like him, the more believable the part becomes. And certainly it can be said that Elle Fanning does a more than adequate job of portraying the innocent but pensive preteen Cleo, but it's not an overly difficult job, since Cleo is not required to demonstrate a particularly large range of emotions. But that's not a slight against anyone; emotionally, this movie is about Johnny. Indeed, even though we sit through plenty of obligatory scenes in which Cleo is just barely shielded from the hollow drinking and womanizing that fill Johnny's days when he isn't getting a hundred times more out of life just sitting by the pool with his little girl, Coppola makes it clear that Cleo is doing just fine. As long as her dad is around -- just enough to buy her a new backpack, hear her talk about Twilight, etc. -- she's okay. Cleo doesn't need some big, torrential scene where she screams and cries about why her dad isn't around more -- he's around enough. By the time the movie reaches any kind of emotional apex, it's clear that if there's a problem, it's Johnny's. Coppola's use of symbolism can be a little heavy-handed at times (the movie opens on Dorff in his sports car, literally driving in circles), but she still avoids coming off as trite. This may be because she remains so restrained in the simplicity of her message. While there have been any number of films about parenthood, most all of them have attributed particularly grand meaning to it, espousing in all caps that good parents get more meaning out of life! Bad parents ruin their kids' lives! Whereas the message of Somewhere is much more nuanced: all you have to do is be there.