Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown stars Orlando Bloom as Drew Baylor, a successful shoe designer, who as the film begins suffers a profound career setback that earns him the ill will of his boss (Alec Baldwin), and he learns that his estranged father has passed away. On the flight to his hometown, he makes the acquaintance of an eccentric stewardess named Claire (Kirsten Dunst). Susan Sarandon plays Drew's mother, a widow with an unusual sense of how to properly mourn her deceased husband. During the course of his stay with his extended family, Drew rediscovers what is important about life and falls in love with Claire.