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Release Date:
13 April 2006 (Thailand)
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Tagline:
Passion and ambition drive two dreamers in 1930s LA. Their love affair is ferocious and hot-blooded as they fight the city and themselves to make their dreams come true.
Plot:
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination
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(5 articles)
Farrell: 'I danced naked for Hayek'
(From digitalspy. 17 October 2008, 11:02 PM, PDT)
Farrell's Naked Dance For Hayek
(From WENN. 17 October 2008, 12:11 PM, PDT)
(From digitalspy. 17 October 2008, 11:02 PM, PDT)
Farrell's Naked Dance For Hayek
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My favorite movie this year
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Colin Farrell | ... | Arturo Bandini |
 | Salma Hayek | ... | Camilla |
 | Donald Sutherland | ... | Hellfrick |
 | Eileen Atkins | ... | Mrs. Hargraves |
 | Idina Menzel | ... | Vera Rivkin |
 | Justin Kirk | ... | Sammy |
 | Jeremy Crutchley | ... | Solomon |
| Ronald France | ... | Columbia Sweeper |
 | Dion Basco | ... | Filipino Houseboy |
| Donna Mosley | ... | Red Headed Girl |
| Paul Rylander | ... | Harold the Bartender |
| Natasha Staples | ... | Denver Librarian |
| Wayne Harrison | ... | Heilman |
| Yasuhiro Yoshimura | ... | Japanese Vegetable Man (as Yoshimura Yasuhiro) |
| Sid | ... | Willie the Dog |
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Rated R or some sexuality, nudity and language.
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Runtime:
117 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
UK:15 |
Ireland:15A |
Singapore:R21 |
Argentina:13 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
USA:R (certificate #41719) |
Netherlands:AL |
Germany:12 |
Brazil:16 |
Finland:K-11 |
Australia:M |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:R-18 |
Iceland:16 |
USA:R
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The very first actor Robert Towne considered for the lead was Al Pacino back in 1971, when Pacino was about the right age for the role.
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Revealing mistakes: In the beach scene, before sunset, the ocean is on the left, and the shadows are stretching towards the camera. This cannot happen in L.A., where the ocean is in the west and sun is in the south. This reveals that these shots were taken on South Africa's west coast, where the sun is north of the zenith.
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Quotes:
Arturo Bandini:
Take a look in the mirror.
Camilla: I don't want to look in the mirror.
Arturo Bandini: I don't blame you.
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Camilla: I don't want to look in the mirror.
Arturo Bandini: I don't blame you.
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Movie Connections:
References The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
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Soundtrack:
Blue Drag
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I read the book 8 years ago. I was moved by it. I saw the movie today, and everything in the movie was the way I pictured things in the book. This has got to be the best movie of the year. I thought it did justice to the great John Fante's classic. I can also see why Charles Bukowski liked Fante so much... he was one of the first writers that wrote about the LA of rooming houses, cheap hotels and seedy lounges... although, I feel Ask the Dust, the book and the movie, made it seem a little more romantic. I can't say enough about Colin Farrell's performance; this is by far my favorite. Salma, I have always liked. The sets and the costumes were also spot on. I was transported back in time. I liked the fact that there was very little profanity, which kept the integrity of the book and was most likely accurate for the period that was being portrayed. I think no matter what station in life you were in back then, you always tried to put on your best face. This was interesting, because it contrasted with the dingy atmosphere of 1930's LA.