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Elephant is a 2003 American psychological drama film written, directed and edited by Gus Van Sant. It takes place in Watt High School, in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon, and chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting, based in part on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
Nov 14, 2003 · Elephant: Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson, Elias McConnell. Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
A variety of adolescents at a suburban high school drift through a seemingly uneventful day, until two students arrive with violent intentions. Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric...
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Nov 7, 2003 · Gus Van Sant 's "Elephant" is a record of a day at a high school like Columbine, on the day of a massacre much like the one that left 13 dead. It offers no explanation for the tragedy, no insights into the psyches of the killers, no theories about teenagers or society or guns or psychopathic behavior.
The story is about two high school students, Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric (Eric Deulen), two close friends and students in a suburb of Portland, who calmly plan and perform a mass execution of their classmates and school administrators in the course of one day.
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An ordinary day at a typical American high school takes a sudden tragic turn into unspeakable violence. Winner of the Palme d'Or and Best Director prizes at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
