![]() ![]() How did the crew take to the Swedish pop group? Lasse Hallstrom: They thanked me for it. Box Office Mojo: We learn on the DVD commentary that, during shooting for An Unfinished Life, you played ABBA songs. ![]() Hallstrom talked about this lush September 2005 release, now available on DVD, by telephone from New York. All is well as Mitch narrates the last seconds of the story, describing to Einar his dreams of flying above the earth and coming to understand things about life.After sitting on the Miramax shelf for a long time, it came and went without much notice-director Lasse Hallström's Western ranch tale, An Unfinished Life, starring Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez and Josh Lucas. Griff invites Sheriff Curtis for lunch when he drops by to see Jean (previously Griff, knowing of her mother fooling around with Sheriff, had told him not to stay for lunch). In the final scene, Einar affectionately talks with one of his cats, who throughout the whole story he'd coldly ignored. Gary, battered and exhausted, leaves on a Trailways bus as it moves through Nebraska. He and Einar have an explosive confrontation that ends in Einar threatening Gary with his rifle, before badly beating him up. Meanwhile, Gary returns to the area and comes to the ranch the next day to accost Jean. It goes into the mountains, where it belongs. Back at the ranch, Mitch survives a peaceful confrontation with the bear from his past. Griff drives Einar to the hospital, where he and Jean attempt to reconcile. The bear gets free, and Einar is injured as he jumps out of the way. Griff accidentally knocks the gearshift lever into neutral while Einar is luring the bear into the cage. The plan to get the bear into a transport cage does not go well. The "camping trip" is a cover story meant to allow them time to carry out a request from Mitch to set free the bear who mauled him. Einar meets Jean at the diner and invites her to come back and live with him after he and Griff go on a camping trip. Griff, who has begun to build a relationship with her grandfather, leaves her mother and goes back to the ranch alone. The next morning she takes Griff with her and leaves to stay with Nina, who ends up helping her understand Einar's gruff ways and bitterness. When Einar learns the truth about his son's death, he says they'll have to talk about Jean moving out. At 3 a.m., the two tired souls had set out on the last leg of a long trip. Jean says they flipped a coin to determine who would drive, and she lost. Einar asks Jean to tell him how Griffin died. Initially, Einar and the sheriff throw him out of town. Meanwhile, Gary has tracked Jean down and appears in town. The local sheriff also becomes her friend. There she befriends Nina, another waitress ( Camryn Manheim). Jean starts working at a local coffee shop to earn money to become independent. She moved in with Einar to escape her abusive boyfriend, Gary ( Damian Lewis). Since Griffin died, Jean has been in a series of unsuccessful relationships. ![]() Tension exists between Einar and Jean, as both are still grieving for Griffin tensions build as Einar has always blamed Jean for his son's death. ![]() She discovered that she was pregnant with Griff after Griffin died in a car accident, after which the family broke up. Einar's son, Griffin, had married Jean years ago. Jean and her young daughter, Griff (Becca Gardner), move in with Einar and Mitch. About the same time, Einar's long-lost daughter-in-law Jean ( Jennifer Lopez) shows up on his doorstep. Sheriff Crane Curtis ( Josh Lucas) captures it and it ends up in the town zoo. The bear is later seen foraging for food in town. He leans his guilt on emotional crutches, while Mitch struggles to walk with real crutches. Einar cares for Mitch daily, giving him morphine injections, food, and friendship. The bear escaped into the mountains.Ī year later, Mitch's wounds still cause him constant pain. The two friends attempted to save the calf, but the bear viciously attacked Mitch - and because Einar was drunk, he failed to save Mitch from serious injury. One year ago, a bear stole a calf from Mitch ( Morgan Freeman) and Einar's ( Robert Redford) ranch. The film stars Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez and Morgan freeman. An Unfinished Life is a drama film directed by Lasse Hallstrom. ![]()
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