This must be the most underappreciated film since groundhog day. This must be the most underappreciated film since groundhog day the cavemans valentine is a film that i completely loved, despite the fact that on the surface it is a detective story which is obvious and boring as a detective story. As ledbetter attempts to investigate leppenraubs possible role in the murder, he soon gains an unexpected ally moira ann magnuson, a noted sculptor and leppenraubs sister. Find great deals on ebay for valentine dvd 2001 when you shop the largest online selection at. The caveman s valentine 2001 cast and crew romulus samuel l. Jackson based on george dawes greens 1994 novel of the same name. Rent the cavemans valentine 2001 on dvd and bluray. After working as an actor for some time, kasi lemmons the silence of the lambs wrote and directed her first feature, eves bayou, in 1997.
Watch the movie trailer for the caveman\ s valentine 2001. The cavemans valentine 2001 the movie database tmdb. 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 is also slightly crazy. The cavemans valentine finds composer terence blanchard teaming up again with director kasi lemmons and actor samuel l. Jackson unbreakable, shaft, pulp fiction delivers a fullthrottle performance people as romulus ledbetter, a misunderstood musician turned recluse, hiding from personal. The cavemans valentine is a 2001 american mysterydrama film directed by kasi lemmons and starring samuel l. The cavemans valentine 2001 cast and crew romulus samuel l.
On valentine s day, a young man scotty freezes in a tree near his cave. The view is incredible in this spinetingling and visually stunning thriller, academy awardanominee samuel l. The cavemans valentine ost edited version by soundtrack artist when sold by, this product will be manufactured on demand using cdr. Jackson unbreakable, shaft, pulp fiction delivers a fullthrottle performance people as romulus ledbetter, a misunderstood musician turned recluse, hiding from personal demons in a new york city cave. The remarkable performances make for an unforgettable experience in what is hailed as a courageous and uncompromising film gene shalit, today. The same cannot be said for the whodunithowitwasdone switcheroo finale an.
It sounds like some bgrade fright flick from the 1950s with screaming blondes in strategically torn outfits being abducted. The caveman s valentine soundtrack from 2001, composed by terence blanchard. Jackson, colm feore, anthony michael hall and ann magnuson. The films pretensions ultimately prove offputting, spelling a limited. Romulus investigates by posing as a pianist he was an accomplished pianist. Performed by ying wong and london symphony orchestra as the london symphony. You think theres a man on top of a tower whos trying to take over the world. As ledbetter attempts to investigate leppenraub s possible role in the murder, he soon gains an unexpected ally moira ann magnuson, a noted sculptor and leppenraub s sister. It turns out that was the gist of author george dawes green s 1994 novel, the caveman s valentine, the story of such a deranged individual who lives in a cave, discovers a body and then must contend with his own delusional thinking and the doubts of others regarding his efforts and allegations while trying to solve the crime. A man struggles back from madness to avenge the death of. She began her acting career in theater, and made her film debut in girls town. Romulus is mentally ill former composer living in a park in new york city. Harriet was crafted by the critically acclaimed and awardwinning director kasi lemmons kasis first award winner was the southern gothic film eves bayou, followed by the cavemans valentine 2001, the biopic talk to me 2007 about legendary radio d. Jackson unbreakable, shaft, pulp fiction delivers a fullthrottle performance people as romulus ledbetter, a misunderstood musician turned recluse, hiding from personal demons in a.
On valentines day, a young man scotty freezes in a tree near his cave. The detective in the cavemans valentine is a raving lunatic on his bad days, and a homeless man on a harmless errand on his good ones. Read on to find out more thrilling facts about actress aunjanue ellis. The cavemans valentine is a film that i completely loved, despite the fact that on the surface it is a detective story which is obvious and boring.
The cavemans 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. Heres a scene with rodney eastman and samuel jackson in casi lemmons a cavemans valentine. The detective in the caveman s valentine is a raving lunatic on his bad days, and a homeless man on a harmless errand on his good ones. 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. Ellis is an american film, stage, and television actress, and producer. 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. In this spinetingling and visually stunning thriller, academy awardnominee samuel l. The cavemans valentine 2001 fullhd movie fullhd episode stream stream the cavemans valentine 2001 fullhd movie online free the cavemans valentine 2001 fullhd movie live stream free. Jackson, with whom he worked previously on eves bayou. Mar 06, 2001 the cavemans valentine finds composer terence blanchard teaming up again with director kasi lemmons and actor samuel l. She has since spent the past 4 years putting together the caveman s valentine, which took 10plus producers to come to fruition. In this spinetingling and visually stunning thriller, academy awardanominee samuel l. Franks spoiled movie endings the cavemans valentine 2001.
The cavemans valentine displays superficial signs of talent but falls. The police determine it s the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avantgarde photographer, david leppenraub, murdered him. The film s downside is the contrived and hokey plot, with tons of improbable occurrences. Once he was a brilliant pianist, a student at juilliard. The caveman s valentine is a terrible title for an intelligent movie.
Rent the cavemans valentine 2001 starring samuel l. The movies romantic worldview also contains some humanist, demonic and more than a few brief politically correct elements. When romulus finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree, the authorities including. It stars liam neeson, dan stevens, david harbour, brian bradley, and boyd holbrook.
When a boy is discovered dead on valentine s day, everyone assumes he froze to death, but romulus believes he was murdered by noted photographer david leppenraub colm feore. On valentines day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. Jackson is not so much a character as a walking concept. What starts out as a very strong parable about the nature of madness and the marginalized eventually devolves into a tremendously silly thriller riddled with lazy plot contrivances. Sprinkled with equal parts gothic symbolism, pointed class critique, pop psychology, and bythenumbers suspense, kasi lemmons the cavemans valentine is a calamitous mess of ideas struggling haplessly to make sense together. Rent the caveman s valentine 2001 starring samuel l. Jackson stars as romulus the cavemans valentine 2001 samuel. Released by decca records in 2001 440 0 5862 containing music from the caveman s valentine 2001. Outside of the entertainment business, stevens has been successful in both commercial and residential real estate development, songwriting for film, with 9 credited songs in film and 6 in tv to date, community service working with elderly patients with dementia, and esports. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the caveman s valentine near you. Financial analysis of the cavemans valentine 2001 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Youd be fearful, too, if your enemy lived at the top of the chrysler building and. Watch the cavemans valentine online stream full movie. Obscured under a ratty thicket of dreadlocks and facial hair, samuel l.
A walk among the tombstones is a 2014 american neonoir action thriller film written and directed by scott frank, and based on the 1992 novel of the same name by lawrence block. The film was released by universal focus, a subsidiary of universal studios and focus features. Find out where the caveman s valentine is streaming, if the caveman s valentine is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The cavemans valentine 2001 cast and crew moviefone. The police determine its the accidental death of someone behaving bizarrely, but romulus believes a friend of the dead youth who says that noted avantgarde photographer, david leppenraub, murdered him. In the cavemans valentine, based on the hit book, samuel l. The cavemans valentine 2001 the cavemans valentine. A cavedwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy and bring him to justice. The cavemans valentine is worth seeing once, for jacksons sensitive and persuasive portrayal of a homeless man. May 16, 2007 here s a scene with rodney eastman and samuel jackson in casi lemmon s a caveman s valentine. The cavemans valentine r 1h 45min crime, drama, music 20 september 2001 malaysia a cavedwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy, and bring him to justice. The cavemans valentine is based on a crime novel by george dawes green, who also wrote the screenplay, and like many procedurals it has great respect for clues, sudden insights, logical reasoning, holes in stories and all the beloved devices of the detection genre. The cops decide it s the accidental death, but romulus believes a friend of the dead guys who claims photographer david killed the guy.
Born in san francisco, california, but raised on her grandmothers farm. The cavemans valentine where to stream and watch decider. The cops decide its the accidental death, but romulus believes a friend of the dead guys who claims photographer david killed the guy. His name is romulus ledbetter, and as played by samuel l. Jackson is a homeless man who dwells in a cave in one of new york city s parks, but was once a promising composer. Jackson is romulus ledbetter, a julliard dropout who lives in a cave in a park in new york city. Sprinkled with equal parts gothic symbolism, pointed class critique, pop psychology, and by the numbers suspense, kasi lemmons the caveman s valentine is a calamitous mess of ideas struggling haplessly to make sense together.
You get the news from a tv thats plugged into nothing. The film was completed on october 8, 20 and classified by the mpaa as rated r for strong violence, disturbing images, language, and brief nudity. After working as an actor for some time, kasi lemmons the silence of the lambs wrote and directed her first feature, eve s bayou, in 1997. The cavemans valentine marked the majorstudio debut for director kasi lemmons, who made an impressive debut in 1997 with the independent drama eves bayou. Also, secondary roles seem hollow, and exist mainly to advance the plot. The cavemans valentine 2001 directed by kasi lemmons. Sep 20, 2001 on valentine s day, a young man freezes in a tree near his cave. Jackson is a homeless man who dwells in a cave in one of new york citys parks, but was once a promising composer. The cavemans valentine 2001 letterboxd your life in film.
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. On october 18, 20, block tweeted that he had seen the film and revealed producers were aiming for a september 2014 release. Be sure to catch the new starz original series now apocalypse. The cavemans valentine isnt an unwatchable movie, its just one that i couldnt particularly get into and enjoy. The actual solution to the murder mystery was, for me, the least interesting part of the movie. Mar 02, 2001 watch the movie trailer for the caveman\\ s valentine 2001. Harriet, the biopic on the life of harriet tubman is a deeply moving cinematic masterpiece. When romulus finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. It turns out that was the gist of author george dawes greens 1994 novel, the cavemans valentine, the story of such a deranged individual who lives in a cave, discovers a body and then must contend with his own delusional thinking and the doubts of others regarding his. Jackson, he dominates the predominately conventional the cavemans. The cavemans valentine ost edited version by soundtrack artist when sold by, this product will be manufactured on demand using cdr recordable media. 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.
Well notify you on your wishlist when movies become available. Cavemans valentine soundtrack terence blanchard songs. Find out where the cavemans valentine is streaming, if the cavemans valentine is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The cavemans valentine is an excellently crafted whodunnit that, nevertheless, contains some very sleazy elements, including sexual immorality of various stripes along with some rough rrated language. The cavemans valentine has an intriguing premise, but the film falls flat under the. His dreadlocks reach down to his waist and his eyes peer out at a fearsome world. I normally can enjoy these psychological, mind fuck movies, but this one was. The remarkable performances make for an unforgettable experience in what is hailed as a courageous and uncompromising film. When a body is discovered frozen in a tree outside of his cave, rom decides to investigate the death and prove to. Jackson who is mentally ill finds the frozen corpse of a young man.
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