The Road to Wellville (1994)

Directed by

Alan Parker

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 196 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy drama about Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and his unusual health clinic in the early 1900s. The film follows patients and staff at the Battle Creek Sanitarium as they deal with Kellogg's eccentric methods.

quirkysatiricalwhimsicaloffbeatplayfuloddballlightheartedperiod

What happens

The Road to Wellville is a 1994 American comedy drama film written, produced and directed by Alan Parker, an adaptation of T. C. Boyle's novel of the same name, which tells the story of the doctor and clean-living advocate John Harvey Kellogg and his methods employed at the Battle Creek Sanitarium at the beginning of the 20th century. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda, John Cusack, Dana Carvey and Colm Meaney, the film was shot in New Paltz, New York at the Mohonk Mountain House. Other locations were the North Carolina community of Winnabow and city of Wilmington. It received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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