Ask the dust [videorecording] / Paramount Classics presents in association with Capitol Films, a Cruise/Wagner production, a VIP Medienfonds 3 production, an Ascendant production ; produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, Don Granger, Jonas McCord ; written for the screen and directed by Robert Towne.
Special features: commentary by director Robert Towne and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel; 'The makng of Ask the dust'; theatrical trailer. Based on the novel by John Fante. Donated by the Friends of the Oelwein Public Library. English track: Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Dolby digital 2.0 surround. Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins, Idina Menzel, Justin Kirk.
Summary:
A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.
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