Elephant
“An ordinary high school day. Except that it's not.”
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
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Cast
52 people
Alex Frost
Alex
Known for
Drillbit Taylor
The Vicious Kind
Eric Deulen
Eric
John Robinson
John McFarland
Known for
Lords of Dogtown
The Amityville Murders
Elias McConnell
Elias
Known for
Milk
Jordan Taylor
Jordan
Also in
I'm Here Too
Carrie Finklea
Carrie
Known for
Quarries
Simon Says
Nicole George
Nicole
Brittany Mountain
Brittany
No other roles listed
Alicia Miles
Acadia
No other roles listed
Kristen Hicks
Michelle
Bennie Dixon
Benny
No other roles listed
Nathan Tyson
Nathan
Gus Van Sant Director · Harris Savides Cinematographer Marychris Mass Costume designer
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $3M · United States release October 24, 2003
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
HBO Films
Production · Studio
Blue Relief Productions
Production
Meno Film Company
Production
Fearmakers Studios
Production
Fine Line Features
Production
Meno Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 18, 2003
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 24, 2003
Limited theatrical
United States
August 29, 2003 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
October 10, 2003 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 14, 2003 · Theatrical
Canada
September 6, 2003 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 30, 2003 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
Czechia
July 9, 2003 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Finland
September 25, 2003 · Theatrical
France
October 22, 2003 · Theatrical · Visa n°109026
May 12, 2004 · Physical · DVD
November 18, 2004 · TV · Canal + (Jeudi 7ème art)
May 14, 2007 · TV · ARTE
September 11, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
Germany
September 20, 2003 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 6, 2004 · Digital
Iceland
October 6, 2003 · Theatrical
Italy
October 3, 2003 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 7, 2004 · Premiere · Mexico City
May 28, 2004 · Limited theatrical
Netherlands
September 20, 2003 · Theatrical
Norway
September 20, 2003 · Limited theatrical
Poland
October 10, 2003 · Digital
Portugal
September 20, 2003 · Limited theatrical
Romania
September 20, 2003 · Limited theatrical
South Korea
October 4, 2003 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
August 27, 2004 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 20, 2003 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
October 17, 2003 · Digital
United Kingdom
January 30, 2004 · Theatrical
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