Nola (film)

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Nola
Directed by	Alan Hruska
Produced by	Jill Footlick Rachel Peters
Written by	-Story- Alan Hruska -Screenplay- Alan Hruska
Starring	Emmy Rossum James Badge Dale Mary McDonnell Steven Bauer
Music by	Edmund Choi
Cinematography	Horacio Marquínez
Editing by	Peter C. Frank (film editor)
Language	English
IMDb profile

Nola is a 2003 romantic comedy film that depicts the struggle of a young woman trying to make it as a songwriter in New York City, while also trying to find her birth father. The film premiered in New York City on July 23, 2004.

1 Synopsis
2 Plot
3 Tagline
4 Featured cast
5 Box office and business
6 DVD release
7 References
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] Synopsis

After fleeing from her abusive stepfather, Nola (Emmy Rossum) travels to New York City searching for her biological father. She spends her first night sleeping in Central Park, but her luck changes when she is hired by the owner of a small diner. She ends up staying with the frycook/law school student Ben (James Badge Dale), until the real owner of the diner, and Ben's landlady Margaret (Mary McDonnell) hires Nola as her assistant for her escort service. Nola agrees, and a whirlwind of events lead her closer to finding her real father, but not without the help of a journalist (Steven Bauer) who is in need of a story on escort services. link title

[edit] Plot

This is adapted from the summary by ann wilson, IMDb.com

An urban fairy tale/romantic comedy in which Nola (Emmy Rossum), an aspiring songwriter, leaves an abusive Kansas home and journeys to New York to find her biological father. Once there, she finds more than she expected, including a cute frycook/lawyer (James Badge Dale).

[edit] Tagline

"She came to the city looking for a dream; what she found was everything."

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Emmy Rossum	Nola
Steven Bauer	Leo
James Badge Dale	Ben
Thom Christopher	Niles
Sam Coppola	Gus
Adam LeFevre	Sam
Michael Cavadias	Wendy
Mary McDonnell	Margaret Langworthy