Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko. The film stars Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, and Alessandro Nivola.
Plot
Sam and Alex are a newly engaged couple who move to Los Angeles to further their careers. Sam is a recently graduated medical student, starting his residency in psychiatry, while Alex is finishing her Ph.D. dissertation on genomics. The relatively straitlaced, upwardly mobile couple plans to stay at the vacant home of Sam's mother, Jane, a free-spirited record producer in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles.
More details
| author | Lisa Cholodenko |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Lisa Cholodenko |
| editor | Amy E. Duddleston |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | break british change of plan dissertation doctor of philosophy end engaged couple first kiss genomics hardworking hotel suite israel medical student meet morning new album new life parking lot party ph.d. psychiatry record record producer residency romantic love sexual tension strained relationship swimming pool threesome united kingdom |
| musicBy | Craig Wedren |
| producer | Jeff Levy-Hinte |
| productionCompany | Antidote Films |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Classics |
| theme | independent lgbt-related romance romantic drama |