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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Lisa Cholodenko (written by)
Release Date:
5 June 2003 (Israel)
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Tagline:
On the road to the perfect life, Sam & Alex took a little detour.
Plot:
When an uptight young man and his fiancee move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up. full summary | add synopsis
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Fiancee
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House
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Dissertation
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Psychiatrist
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Intern
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Awards:
2 wins
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5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Araki, Soderbergh, Winterbottom
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Subtle, Rich, Film With Fine Performances
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Frances McDormand | ... | Jane |
 | Christian Bale | ... | Sam |
 | Kate Beckinsale | ... | Alex |
 | Natascha McElhone | ... | Sara |
 | Alessandro Nivola | ... | Ian McKnight |
 | Lou Barlow | ... | Fripp (as Louis Knox Barlow) |
| Russell Pollard | ... | Rowan |
| Imaad Wasif | ... | Dean |
| Mickey Petralia | ... | Mickey |
 | Melissa De Sousa | ... | Claudia |
| Alexandra Carter | ... | Darla |
| Michelle DeMirjian | ... | China (as Michelle Demirjian) |
 | Rick Gonzalez | ... | Wyatt |
| Dennis Howard | ... | Mr. Elliot |
 | Catherine McGoohan | ... | Mrs. Elliot |
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, language and drug use.
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Runtime:
103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R16 |
Finland:K-11 |
Iceland:12 |
Malaysia:18PL |
Australia:MA |
Denmark:7 |
Germany:12 |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:R(A) |
Sweden:7 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Argentina:13 |
Canada:AA
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Trivia:
Joni Mitchell, who was Lisa Cholodenko's inspiration for the Jane character, is among the musicians in Jane's photo gallery.
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Goofs:
Continuity: The album-wrap party takes place in a suite on an upper floor of the Chateau Marmont (we see Ian order more champagne for the "penthouse suite", and the view from the balcony is clearly an upper floor). Yet when Sam storms out of the suite, then runs downstairs while arguing with Jane, they only descend one flight before reaching the lobby. There is a cut, but the dialog implies that no time was cut from their descent.
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Quotes:
Sara:
I just... I don't really know you, I... I just feel connected to you, I feel... I feel safe with you. Like it's okay to be honest. It's just one of those things. I'm just attracted to you. And it's not just because I think you're incredibly sexy.
Sam: [laughs, exhales, scratches his head] I think that you're incredibly attractive too, Sara, I do.
Sara: You do?
Sam: Yeah, I think about you. Trust me. A lot.
Sara: How do you think about me?
Sam: How?
Sara: Yeah. Do you think about me having sex with you?
Sam: Yeah.
Sara: How?
Sam: How do I think about having sex with you?
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Sam: [laughs, exhales, scratches his head] I think that you're incredibly attractive too, Sara, I do.
Sara: You do?
Sam: Yeah, I think about you. Trust me. A lot.
Sara: How do you think about me?
Sam: How?
Sara: Yeah. Do you think about me having sex with you?
Sam: Yeah.
Sara: How?
Sam: How do I think about having sex with you?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
How Do You Sleep
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If you like being smacked in the face and having characters who behave in emotionally "traceable" ways (i.e., whose motivations are apparent as soon as they act), you won't like this film but what a joy it is to watch a film unfold in layers, slowly, subtly, un-rushed, in a way that most American films don't allow, too much in a rush to get to the next "plot point" and too obsessed with big dramatic turns. Audiences have to be fed such things, constantly, or they'll lose interest, right? Wrong, I hope. And, Laurel Canyon makes the point better than a debate ever will. This is a remarkable piece of tapestry in muted tones and hues, populated by complicated, confused, uncertain, searching people. And, they change. But, they change by degrees, not by full turns of the wheel. Kate Beckinsale should watch this film over and over, and get out of the Spandex and Leather of the comic book films she's been doing. She and Frances McDormand are as real as any two actors you'll ever see on film. There are a couple of possible story "cop outs" in this film, which we won't mention because they'd spoil the story. But, in the end, they might not be cop-outs at all. They might be preferable to answering all the questions and delivering us from the theatre all neatly reconciled and sent off to coffee and desert. Good for you, Lisa Cholodenko. A brave choice and a fine film.