Ask the Dust
Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film based on the 1939 book Ask the Dust by John Fante. The film was written and directed by Robert Towne. Tom Cruise (with Paula Wagner and Cruise/Wagner Productions) served as one of the film's producers. The film was released on a limited basis on March 17, 2006, and was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. It was filmed almost entirely in South Africa with the use of stages to portray Los Angeles.
Plot
The story is set during the Great Depression, specifically around the time of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.
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| author | Robert Towne |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Robert Towne |
| editor | Robert K. Lambert |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | 1933 long beach earthquake dedicate great depression infect mexican mexico struggling writer the great depression tuberculosis write |
| musicBy | Ramin Djawadi |
| producer | Don Granger Jonas McCord Paula Wagner Tom Cruise |
| productionCompany | Capitol Films Cruise/Wagner Productions |
| recordedAt | South Africa |
| theme | race and ethnicity romantic drama |