Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/04/2002(USA
Release Date: 03/18/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

George Hickenlooper directs this psychological drama about an impoverished writer lost in a world of money, power, and male escorts. Though happily married with a young child, Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) is struggling to make ends meet as a novelist. His last work, called "Hitler's Child," had an ignoble run in the bookstore bargain bins and his editor is not interested in his latest work about migrant workers. One day, he is approached by a dapper Brit named Luther Fox (Mick Jagger) who actually read Tiller's last opus. Luther explains that he runs an escort agency named Elysian Fields, which caters to rich women looking for intelligent companionship. Desperate for any kind of income source, Tiller takes the job while keeping the whole thing a secret from his loving wife (Julianna Margulies). He soon is rubbing elbows with the beautiful wife (Olivia Williams) of an aging Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Gradually, Tiller finds himself immersed in this strange new world that he cannot quite understand, much less explain to his spouse. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.

~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Andy Garcia - Byron Tiller
Mick Jagger - Luther Fox
Julianna Margulies - Dena Tiller
Olivia Williams - Andrea Alcott
James Coburn - Tobias Alcott
Anjelica Huston - Jennifer Adler
Michael Des Barres - Nigel Halsey
Richard Bradford - Edward Rodgers
Xander Berkeley - Virgil Koster
Sherman Howard - Paul
Maureen McCormick - Jane Rizzoli

Production:
George Hickenlooper - Director
Andrew D.T. Pfeffer Andy Garcia Donald Zuckerman - Producer
Anthony Marinelli - Composer
Philip Jayson Lasker - Screen Writer