Commentary: Words of praise for 'Elegy'

August 19, 2008 A case in point is Lakeshore Entertainment and IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films' drama "Elegy," directed by Spanish director Isabel Coixet ("My Life With Me," "The Secret Life of Words") and starring Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson and Dennis Hopper. Produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Andre Lamal, its screenplay by Nicholas Meyer, an Oscar nominee for "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," is based on Philip Roth's short novel "The Dying Animal." After opening Aug. 8 to $104,168 at six theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. and averaging a very encouraging $17,361 per theater, "Elegy" is expanding Friday (22) in those cities as well as 13 other major markets across the country such as Boston, Dallas, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

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