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Aug 18, 2009 · The road to Wellville by Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Publication date 1994 Topics Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943, Health resorts Publisher New York : Penguin Books Collection
The road to Wellville by Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Publication date 1993 Topics Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943, Sanatoriums Publisher New York : Viking Collection
Despite a low IMDb rating (5.5), director Alan Parker's THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE (1994), is most definitely worth seeing. A movie that's bawdy in places and always witty, it's backed by Rachel Portman's amusing music score. Also has a great cast.
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The Road to Wellville is a 1993 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. Set in Battle Creek, Michigan, during the early days of breakfast cereals, the story includes a historical fictionalization of John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of corn flakes.
Will Lightbody is a man with a stomach ailment whose only sin is loving his wife, Eleanor, too much. Eleanor is a health nut of the first stripe, and when in 1907 she journeys to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's infamous Battle Creek Spa to live out the vegetarian ethos, poor Will goes too.
May 1, 1993 · In his fifth novel (East is East, 1990, etc.), one of America's most exuberant satirists takes on the national obsession with health and nutritional fads. It's a perfect fit. Battle Creek, Michigan, 1907, breakfast-food capital of the US. C.W. Post (Grape-Nuts) and the Kellogg brothers have already made their fortunes, but there's still a gold rush atmosphere in town. The inventor of the corn ...
The Road to Wellville. Comedy 1994. R. 1h 55m. Eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg treats a young couple for their imagined ailments with progressive ideas about optimal well-being at his Michigan sanitorium. Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick. Get Started.
