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Elephant
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2248
- IMDb #1971
- Rotten Tomatoes #1968
- Metacritic #1467
- Letterboxd #2429
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2469
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1834
- Metacritic Critics #1453
- Metacritic Audience #1566
- Criticker #1124
- Douban #728
- Kinopoisk #4262
- AlloCiné #1419
- Trakt #3297
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Douban on 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An ordinary day unfolds at a typical American high school, following the mundane routines of various students as they cross paths in hallways, attend classes, and socialize. The calm is shattered when two students arrive with a plan of calculated violence. The film presents a stark and quiet observation of the events leading to a school shooting.
Details
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Writer
- Gus Van Sant
- Released
- 20 September 2003
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $10.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (52) →
Awards & nominations
See all 9 →3 major awards won · 5 wins from 9 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2003 | Palme d'Or | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2003 | Best Director | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2003 | Cinema Prize of the French National Education System | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| César Awards 2004 | Best Foreign Film | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2004 | Best Director | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2004 | Best Cinematography | Harris Savides | Nominee |
| Bodil Awards 2005 | Best American Film | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2004 | Best Foreign Film | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
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×| Best Director | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Cinema Prize of the French National Education System | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Harris Savides | Nominee |
| Best Director | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Film | Gus Van Sant | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Harris Savides | Winner |
| Best American Film | Gus Van Sant | Nominee |