Laurel Canyon (Film)

Laurel Canyon is an American film drama from the year 2002. Directed by Lisa Cholodenko, who also wrote the screenplay.

Action

Sam and his scientific work fiancée Alex move to the location in the Laurel Canyon home of Jane, the mother of Sam. There, take Jane, her boyfriend Ian McKnight and his band just a music album. Jane's presence disrupts the relationship of their son, the Israeli-born Sara gets to know that he finds attractive. Meanwhile, Alex neglected her dissertation and spends more and more time with the musicians.

Reviews

Jamie Russell wrote on 12 November 2003 for the BBC, the film was " sweet" and " wrinkled "; he did not offer much more substance. Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsale are in good shape. However, the film belongs to Frances McDormand, who plays a dysfunctional middle-aged woman.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was "a bit lengthy unusual study of the drifting apart of a couple whose camera work to the mere filming of the dialogue -heavy action " restrictive. He was " spectacular " and convince " mainly in the subplots and characters ."

Awards

Lisa Cholodenko won the Dorothy Arzner Prize of the Director 's View Film Festival in 2003. Frances McDormand won the 2003 price of the Gijón International Film Festival; Lisa Cholodenko was nominated for the conferred at the same festival Grand Prix Asturias. The music was nominated in 2003 for a Golden Trailer Award.

Frances McDormand and Alessandro Nivola were nominated in 2004 for the Independent Spirit Award. Frances McDormand was nominated in 2004 for the Chlotrudis Award.

Background

The film was shot in Los Angeles. Its world premiere took place at the International Film Festival in Cannes on May 18, 2002. On September 7, 2002, he was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, which in January 2003 was followed by the Sundance Film Festival and later other festivals. On 7 March 2003, the film came in the selected cinemas in the United States, in which he grossed about 3.66 million U.S. dollars. The theatrical release in Germany began on 29 January 2004. Overall, the film grossed a worldwide about 4.25 million U.S. dollars.

The songs that einspielt Ian's band, " Shade and Honey " and " Someday I Will Treat You Good" comes from the band Sparklehorse. Ian's bandmates are represented by members of the band The Folk Implosion, Lou Barlow, Imaad Wasif and Russell Pollard.

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