WAMG First Look at My Blueberry Nights

  

My Blueberry Nights stars Jude Law and Norah Jones, but also has Natalie Portman, Rachael Weisz, and Cat Power. Now, although Norah Jones acting resume is pretty much non-existent she was the only choice for the leading female role. Pretty surprising eh? We will see how that goes. I would have liked to see Rosario Dawson in this role, but thats how the chips fall..here is the synopsis from wikipedia

“Jeremy (Jude Law) runs a cafe in New York City. Elizabeth (Norah Jones) finds out from him that her boyfriend has eaten in the restaurant with another woman. Elizabeth is angry and leaves him; she gives her keys to Jeremy, in case the boyfriend comes to collect them. Elizabeth returns several times, she and Jeremy like each other.

She travels by bus to Memphis, Tennessee, where she takes two jobs, in a cafe and in a bar, to save money for buying a car. She sends postcards to Jeremy without revealing where she lives or works. Jeremy tries to find out, but fails.

She encounters policeman Arnie (David Strathairn) grieving about the fact that his wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz) has left him, and in his leasure time coming to the bar to drink a lot. After threatening Sue with his gun he kills himself by crashing his car. Elizabeth comforts the now grieving Sue.

Elizabeth lends another woman, Leslie (Natalie Portman), her savings for gambling; if she loses Elizabeth gets Leslie’s car, and so it happens. They move on together because Leslie needs a ride to her father in Las Vegas, who can help her financially. She gets a call, answered by Elizabeth, from the hospital to inform her that her father is dying. Leslie does not believe it, she thinks it is a trick to make her visit him. They go to the hospital anyway, and at Leslie’s request Elizabeth goes inside alone, to check. Leslie’s father is dead. Leslie wants to keep the car, and confesses that she has lied about losing with gambling. She pays Elizabeth money with which she buys another car.

Elizabeth returns to Jeremy in New York, they love each other.”

Thanks to egotastic for the picture.