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Article: BILL MURRAY A DEADPAN HIT IN `BROKEN FLOWERS'.(Life - Scene)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2005
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Byline: ROGER EBERT Universal Press Syndicate
``Broken Flowers'' stars Bill Murray as Don Johnston, a man who made his money in computers and now doesn't even own one. To sit at the keyboard would mean moving from his sofa, where he seems to be stuck. As the film opens, his latest girlfriend (Julie Delpy) is moving out. She doesn't want to spend anymore time with ``an over-the-hill Don Juan.'' After she leaves, he remains on the sofa, listening to music. He reaches out for a glass of wine, changes his mind, lets the hand drop.
This is a man whose life is set on idle. His neighbor Winston (Jeffrey Wright), on the other hand, is a go-getter from Ethiopia ...