Ask the Dust (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.7/10   

Director:

Robert Towne

Escritores (WGA):

Robert Towne (screenplay)
John Fante (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 abril 2006 (Thailand)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

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.

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Poverty | Racism | Italian | Beautiful Woman

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

My favorite movie this year

Reparto

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
Sid	...	Willie the Dog

También conocida como:

Pregúntale al viento (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Pregúntale al polvo (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R or some sexuality, nudity and language.

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

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 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cape Town, South Africa

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

Idina Menzel had to leave her starring role in the Broadway show "Wicked" for a few weeks to film in South Africa.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: 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.

Citas:

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.

Conexiones de Película:

References The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)

Banda de Sonido:

Gloomy Sunday

My favorite movie this year

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.