Nola (film)
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Nola | |
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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 MarquÃnez |
Editing by | Peter C. Frank (film editor) |
Language | English |
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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.
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[edit] Plot
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] Tagline
"She came to the city looking for a dream; what she found was everything."
[edit] Featured cast
Actor | Role |
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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 |
[edit] Box office and business
- Opening Weekend - $8,058 (USA) (31 August 2003) (19 Screens)
- Gross - $8,058 (USA) (31 August 2003)
- Weekend Gross - $8,058 (USA) (31 August 2003) (19 Screens)
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Coyote Ugly (2000) A similarly themed film focusing on a young woman (Piper Perabo) who travels to New York City to make it as a songwriter.