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A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Yuri Elvin
- Officer Elvin
- (as Yuri Z. Elvin)
Jeris Poindexter
- Charles
- (as Jeris Lee Poindexter)
Jeffrey Vincent Parise
- Coroner's Assistant
- (as Jeff Parise)
Golan Ramraz
- Shlomo
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis was Gloria Stuart's final acting role before her death on September 26, 2010 at the age of 100.
- GoofsWhen Henry picks Lana up from the airport, a member of the crew is visible in the rear window of his pickup truck, holding a bounce board to reflect light on the actors.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Land of Plenty' (2005)
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American Reality
The American daughter of missionaries Lana (Michelle Williams) returns to Los Angeles from Palestine to work in a mission helping homeless people. Lana was born in Ohio and raised in South Africa and Middle East, and she is an authentic citizen of the world, connected through Internet and aware of how other people see the lack of culture and knowledge and exaggerated patriotism of average American people. Her unique relative is her unknown uncle Paul (John Diehl), a veteran of Vietnam War that cut relationships with his family and is bigot and paranoid. Paul lives in a surveillance van, lives as if he were a secret agent, sees conspiracy and terrorist cells everywhere, and has a great prejudice against Arabs and other non-American breeds after the September, 11th. They meet each other, and when they see the murder of a poor Pakistanis nearby the mission, they travel together to the small town of Trone to deliver his corpse to the family, where Paul sees a different reality.
"Land of Plenty" is a very well acted low budget movie, with great performances of Michelle Williams and John Diehl. Wim Wenders tries to picture the reality of North America unknown for foreigners and even common Americans, with homeless and alienated people living with fear, angst and prejudice, totally disconnected of the world, instead of the land of opportunities and plenty of the American Dream shown in most of the American movies. In this regard, he is very well succeeded, but in my opinion I found the character of Paul absolutely exaggerated, using many apparatuses and gadgets in his "work". The beautiful and shining character of Michelle Williams gives the hope that the world can be a better place someday. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Medo e Obsessão" ("Fear and Obsession")
"Land of Plenty" is a very well acted low budget movie, with great performances of Michelle Williams and John Diehl. Wim Wenders tries to picture the reality of North America unknown for foreigners and even common Americans, with homeless and alienated people living with fear, angst and prejudice, totally disconnected of the world, instead of the land of opportunities and plenty of the American Dream shown in most of the American movies. In this regard, he is very well succeeded, but in my opinion I found the character of Paul absolutely exaggerated, using many apparatuses and gadgets in his "work". The beautiful and shining character of Michelle Williams gives the hope that the world can be a better place someday. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Medo e Obsessão" ("Fear and Obsession")
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- Mar 27, 2007
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