The Road to Wellville

1994
R
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

13K

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Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, and Dana Carvey in The Road to Wellville (1994)

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Parody Satire Comedy Drama

A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in the early twentieth century, run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in the early twentieth century, run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in the early twentieth century, run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.

Director
- Alan Parker
Writers
- T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Alan Parker
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

13K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Alan Parker
Writers
- T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Alan Parker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations

Videos1

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The Road To Wellville

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Trivia
Much of the movie was filmed at the Mohonk Mountain House near New Paltz, New York, a Quaker-family-owned hotel, built in stages from 1879 to 1910. It's situated on the Shawangunk Ridge, which is south of the Catskill Mountains.

Goofs
When Mr. Unpronounceable is dead, you can see him breathing.

Quotes
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg: My own stools, Sir, are gigantic and have no more odor than a hot biscuit.

Crazy credits
Charles Ossining calls his cereal (and company) "Per-Fo." "Per-Fo Pictures Corp." is listed in the credits as "the author of this film for the purpose of copyright."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Radioland Murders/I Like It Like That/Bullets Over Broadway/Imaginary Crimes/Clerks (1994)

Soundtracks
Laughing Song
Composed by Rachel Portman

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Featured review

8/10

People, you definitely missed the point!

RTW is by all means a very funny movie. Sure, one can find it disgusting in some details, but it is nothing more than a point of view. On the formal side, you cannot say much against it: it has an excellent cast, superb costumes and buildings, it almost captured this long gone time. And, by the way, these stupid gadgets and therapies, they were real, they didn´t invent anything. OK, the story could be a little bit straighter, but thats all. Otherwise, RTW is holding a mirror for the health and fitness obsession of our times and one should be able to laugh about that too. All in all a good one. I´m sorry for those, who cannot like it because of their prudery, rest of you just try to watch a little bit more open - minded.