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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 09/10/2002 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 0 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 23 Genres: Comedy, Satire, Comedy of Manners

This adaptation of the comic novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle is the story of real-life Corn Flakes inventor Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins), an eccentric health nut in the early 20th century. Convinced of the benefits of holistic health practices (mostly involving irrigation of the bowels and colon), Kellogg opens a spa in Battle Creek, Michigan that immediately attracts the well-to-do of his time, including Will (Matthew Broderick) and Eleanor Lightbody (Bridget Fonda). A young couple with sexual and marital problems, the Lightbodys aren't helped much by the forced separation of sexes at Kellogg's sanitarium, and the situation is further exacerbated by Will's obliging nurse (Traci Lind) and Eleanor's encounters with a group of German sex therapists. Also at the spa are Charles Ossining (John Cusack), an ambitious con man who sees a fortune in Kellogg's cereal, and the unwashed, cretinous George Kellogg (Dana Carvey), one of the doctor's several dozen adopted children. A spoof as obsessed as its protagonist with its scatological subject matter, The Road to Wellville was an unusual effort for director-composer Alan Parker, known better for darker dramatic material and musicals. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Anthony Hopkins - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
Bridget Fonda - Eleanor Lightbody
Matthew Broderick - Will Lightbody
John Cusack - Charles Ossinging
Dana Carvey - George Kellogg

Journey back in time for some quirky health tips from Dr. John Harvey (Anthony Hopkins) himself in this off beat comedy, arriving on DVD courtesy of Columbia/Tri Star home entertainment. Presented in standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan and offering a closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack, this disc also offers optional English subtitles and some bonus trailers to keep viewers satisfied. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide