Elizabethtown

Cameron Crowe's new film Elizabethtown is set for release on this October. Orlando Bloom stars as a man who is coping through the lost of his father. On an MTV News interview with Cameron Crowe, Crowe describes "Elizabethtown" as:

"Elizabethtown" that takes place on a road trip across the country. Kirsten Dunst's character makes Orlando's character a mixmap [a map with musical cues] that's really specific. It's 42 hours and 11 minutes long, and it's filled with music. He's never really traveled, and she's a flight attendant so she does nothing but travel. She says, "Look, I'm going to give you a map, but it's not like the usual map. It's very different, and you gotta really follow it. Call me when you're done." Before he knows it, he's completely addicted to her words and music and where she's taking him. It kind of goes back to that bus trip where you think your world is the world. And somebody pulls you out of it and says, "Come over here and see the world everybody else is living."

The rest of the article is a good read. Crowe also mentions wanting do direct Spider-Man 4 and Kirsten Dunst's LimeWire habit.

According to this Billboard article, new details on the Elizabethtown soundtrack album is available. The full track list has not been finalized, My Morning Jacket, Elton John, Tom Petty and Ryan Adams are confirmed to appear on the "Elizabethtown" soundtrack. Due Sept. 13 via J, the album accompanies writer/director Cameron Crowe's latest film, which arrives Oct. 14 in U.S. theaters. You can pre-order from Amazon.com.

My Morning Jacket has also donated a live recording of "I Will Be There When You Die" to the "Elizabethtown" soundtrack companion "Songs From the Brown Hotel," which will be available beginning Aug. 16 via the Coalition of Independent Music Stores' Junket Boy imprint.

Songs From The Brown Hotel EP will be limited to 5000 copies on CD and 1000 copies on 7" vinyl (a 3-piece set). The EP will benefit the will be benefit the Center for Women and Families, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Artists participating in the charity EP include Patty Griffin, Bill Monroe, Elvis Presley, My Morning Jacket, Nancy Wilson and Sun Kil Moon (covering Neil Diamond's 'Kentucky Woman'). Songs From The Brown Hotel will be available at your local CIMS record store in early August. [Billboard]

Songs From The Brown Hotel EP Tracklist:

"Same in Any Lingo," Nancy Wilson
"Kentucky Rain," Elvis Presley
"I Will Be There When You Die" (live), My Morning Jacket
"Long Ride Home" (demo), Patty Griffin
"Blue Moon of Kentucky," Bill Monroe
"Kentucky Woman," Sun Kil Moon


Related Links:
Elizabethtown Trailer (Quicktime)
Elizabethtown Internet Trailer (Quicktime)
Elizabethtown First Look
Coalition of Independent Music Stores
Sad Reminders (An Unofficial Mark Kozelek site)
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