"Laurel Canyon" (Christian Bale & Kate Beckinsale)

[Mike]

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(Kate Beckinsale and Christian Bale in Sony Pictures Classics' Laurel Canyon)


PLOT:

This is the story of a pot-smoking, free-wheeling Los Angeles record producer (McDormand), with a rock star boyfriend (Nivola), whose straight-laced son (Bale) comes back home after graduation from Harvard Medical School with his rich fiancé
(Beckinsale), who's working on a book. Although mother and son are initially at odds, their relationship begins to change when he discovers that his bride-to-be likes his mother's rock-n-roll lifestyle too.

MPAA Rating: R for language, sexuality and drug use..

Release Date: March 7th, 2003 (LA/NY).

Here's a review of the trailer from Box Office Prophets:

3. Laurel Canyon

Another intriguing film previewed this week was Laurel Canyon, a story predominantly about sex and sexuality. The premise is that a man (played by Christian Bale) brings his girlfriend (Kate Beckinsdale) home to meet his rock star groupie-esque mother (Frances McDormand), only to have the girlfriend become interested in the mom's wild ways. Bale also finds himself becoming interested in a new woman, and things go from there. Obviously this is a film that is adult in nature, and it is advertised as such. The preview does not leave any doubt about the movie's subject matter, a choice which will probably have the effect of interesting a good deal more people than the movie might have otherwise. Movies that explore sexually-related topics without crossing the line into gratuitousness are few and far between, but Laurel Canyon looks like it has the chance to do just that.

I think this sounds like a pretty good flick, plus I love Beckinsale.

What does everyone else think?

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(Frances McDormand in Sony Pictures Classics' Laurel Canyon)

[XCoRyX]

many of yous know,christian bale is my favorite actor around today...so theres no doubt about it,i will do all i can to check this out in theaters if trailers are alright...and if i can get into it,since it seems pretty sexually themed....if not,i will definetly rent it,i give anything with bale a chance,i like beckinsale a little bit as well...

[arto_j]

Mike, are you sure that date is gonna hold? The Premiere Group that was supposed to distribute this film got into trouble, and I'm not sure if they're gonna release any films very soon. Or did this switch distributors while I wasn't looking?

Anyways, the film looks great, the cast is stellar and the plot is pretty intriguing...

[vastlynne]

Not too sure about Beckinsale but will definitely catch this for Bale and McDormand (great cast!)

Where can I find the trailer for this??

[The Delfonics]

Eh doesnt sound like my type of movie but if perhaps Christian Bale drops a chainsaw on her back i might check it out

[Moviefan1234]

Originally posted by vastlynne


Where can I find the trailer for this??


Here is a link - http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/laurel_canyon.html

[XCoRyX]

Originally posted by The Delfonics
Eh doesnt sound like my type of movie but if perhaps Christian Bale drops a chainsaw on her back i might check it out

hahaha indeed!

[Mike]

Originally posted by arto_j
Mike, are you sure that date is gonna hold?

I think it's pretty impossible to know that for sure, but as far as I know that's supposed to be the release date unless it gets switched.

[arto_j]

Originally posted by Mike
I think it's pretty impossible to know that for sure, but as far as I know that's supposed to be the release date unless it gets switched.

I just watched the trailer, and realized that it's actually a different film that what I thought it was. This isn't a Premiere release after all, so I'd say there's a better chance that the date will indeed hold. But let's see.