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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.
The Road to Wellville is a 1993 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. [1] Set in Battle Creek, Michigan , during the early days of breakfast cereals , the story includes a historical fictionalization of John Harvey Kellogg , the inventor of corn flakes .
Battle Creek Sanitarium is depicted in the American 1994 film The Road to Wellville by Alan Parker, with British actor Anthony Hopkins playing a highly fictionalized Dr. J.H. Kellogg in one of the leading roles. This movie ends with the fire of the sanitarium building complex. The movie is based on a book, of the same name, by T.C. Boyle.
In the 1980s, he had a starring role in the 1980 film The Elephant Man as Dr. Frederick Treves, opposite John Hurt and in the 1987 film 84 Charing Cross Road with Anne Bancroft. In 1991, he was cast in the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs with Jodie Foster, a role he played again in Hannibal (2001) and the prequel Red ...
He appeared in the 1994 film The Road to Wellville, playing a young George Kellog in several flashback sequences (the adult George Kellog was played by Dana Carvey). He also had small roles in Life with Mikey (1993), Safe Men (1998), and For Love of the Game (1999). Reynolds starred in the 1997 Harmony Korine movie Gummo.
Road to the Fountain of Youth (cancelled) Each film is not simply a comedy, but a satire of some of the popular film genres of the day, including jungle, Arabian nights, Alaskan adventure, and the high seas. In 1977, an eighth Road to... movie was planned, titled Road to the Fountain of Youth, but Crosby died that year of a heart attack. [2]
The resort was the filming location of the film The Road to Wellville (1994), starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Broderick. [24] The resort is mentioned in the 22nd episode of the eighth season of Blue Bloods. Scenes from the Amazon Prime Video television series Upload were filmed at the resort. [25]
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