Sunset Strip (2000 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Sunset Strip

| image = Sunset Strip.jpg

| caption = VHS cover

| alt = Poster showing six different photos.

| director = Adam Collis

| producer = Art Linson
John Linson

| screenplay = Randall Jahnson
Russell DeGrazier

| story = Randall Jahnson

| starring = Simon Baker
Anna Friel
Nick Stahl
Rory Cochrane
Adam Goldberg
Jared Leto

| music = Stewart Copeland

| cinematography = Ron Fortunato

| editing = Bruce Cannon
Angus Wall

| studio = Fox 2000 Pictures

| distributor = 20th Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|2000|08|18}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Sunset Strip is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Adam Collis for 20th Century Fox. The story was written by Randall Jahnson, who previously examined the rock scene in his scripts for The Doors and Dudes, and he and Russell DeGrazier adapted the story into a screenplay.

The film takes place in 1972, during one 24-hour period on Los Angeles's famed Sunset Strip, where the lives of a group of young people are about to change forever. Anna Friel stars as Tammy Franklin, a clothing designer, and Nick Stahl plays Zach, a novice guitarist; Jared Leto stars as Glen Walker, an up-and-coming country rocker. Simon Baker, Adam Goldberg, Rory Cochrane and Tommy Flanagan also feature.{{cite news | url =https://www.avclub.com/sunset-strip-1798197197| title = Sunset Strip | access-date = 2010-07-11 | date = 2002-04-19| first = Nathan| last = Rabin| authorlink =Nathan Rabin | newspaper = The A.V. Club | publisher = The Onion}} The film began shooting on November 9, 1998, and ended on January 11, 1999.{{cite web | url =https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/453048/sunset-strip| title = Misc notes for Sunset Strip (2000) | access-date = 2010-07-11 | publisher = Turner Classic Movies}}

Plot

Sunset Strip tells the story of a number of music industry artists, all in the span of 24 hours on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Michael secretly pines for Tammy. She is busy sleeping with the up-and-coming country rocker Glen Walker and the rock star Duncan. Zach and his band are opening at the Whisky a Go Go for Duncan Reed and the Curb. In these 24 hours, they all cross paths pursue their dreams.{{cite video |people= Collis, Adam (Director) |date= 2000|title= Sunset Strip |medium= Motion picture |publisher= 20th Century Fox}}

Cast

Anna Friel as Tammy Franklin, a costume designer with a shop situated near the legendary Whisky a Go Go, who has sex with Walker and Reid
Jared Leto as Glen Walker, a country rocker
Tommy Flanagan as Duncan Reid, a rock star who is influenced by Jim Morrison and David Bowie{{cite web|url=http://apolloguide.com/mov_revtemp.asp?CId=2896|title=Sunset Strip|last=DeWolfe|first=Cheryl|work=Apollo Movie Guide|publisher=Apollo Communications|access-date=2010-08-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304120416/http://apolloguide.com/mov_revtemp.asp?CId=2896|archive-date=2006-03-04}}
Adam Goldberg as Marty Shapiro, a fast-talking record producer from the Valley
Nick Stahl as Zach, a novice guitarist who believes that he is the successor of Jimi Hendrix
Rory Cochrane as Felix, a troubled songwriter whose dream is to die of a drug and alcohol overdose
Simon Baker as Michael Scott, a photographer who photographs Tammy Franklin and the musicians{{cite web | url =https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117787792.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=sunset+strip| title = Sunset Strip | first = Robert | last = Koehler|date = 2000-08-10| accessdate = 2010-07-02 | work = Variety | publisher = Reed Business Information }}{{cite news | url =http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie000810-1,0,5420899.story| title = Sunset Strip | first = Kevin | last = Thomas|date = 2000-08-11| accessdate = 2010-07-11 | newspaper = Los Angeles Times}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
Darren E. Burrows as Bobby
John Randolph as Mr. Niederhaus
Stephanie Romanov as Christine
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Eileen
Maurice Chasse as Nigel
Mike Rad as Badger
Josh Richman as Barry Bernstein

Music

Stewart Copeland was approached by director Adam Collis to assemble the score for the film.{{cite web | url =https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/453048/sunset-strip| title = Music for Sunset Strip (2000) | access-date = 2010-07-11 | publisher = Turner Classic Movies}} Copeland recorded a slew of vintage songs. The music, some scored by Stewart Copeland, some written and selected by Robbie Robertson, is made in a bygone style that sometimes consciously mimics the multicharacter 1970s dramas.

Release and reception

On August 18, 2000, Sunset Strip opened to the public in limited release in a single theater in Los Angeles and New York City,{{cite web | url =https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178050/releaseinfo| title = Sunset Strip (2000) – Release dates | accessdate = 2010-07-11 | website = Internet Movie Database}} and grossed $3,926 during the opening weekend.{{cite web | url =https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2000/SUNST.php| title = Sunset Strip | accessdate = 2010-07-11 | publisher = The Numbers. Nash Information Services}} After two months, on October 12, 2000, the film was screened at the Austin Film Festival. Writing in Variety, Robert Koehler said "Interesting structure provides pic with plenty of opportunities for social satire, human comedy and chance encounters, but few setups are ever dramatically fulfilled." Kevin Thomas in Los Angeles Times said "Moves smoothly amid a near-perfect period evocation, captured in an array of shifting moods." Writing in Mr. Showbiz, Kevin Maynard praised the film, saying that it "has its funky charms."{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000903053737/http://www.mrshowbiz.go.com/reviews/moviereviews/movies/SunsetStrip_2000.html|archivedate=2000-09-03|title=Movie Guide: Sunset Strip|last=Maynard|first=Kevin|authorlink=Kevin Maynard|work=Mr. Showbiz|publisher=Fandango|accessdate=2010-08-29|url=http://www.mrshowbiz.go.com/reviews/moviereviews/movies/SunsetStrip_2000.html}} Cheryl DeWolfe of the Apollo Movie Guide said "This modestly successful drama follows a young ensemble cast through the ups and downs of the music business in all its stages of stardom."

Sunset Strip was released on VHS on February 13, 2001,{{cite web | url =https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056PP4/| title = Sunset Strip (2000) (VHS) | date = 13 February 2001 | accessdate = 2010-07-11 | publisher = Amazon.com}} and was re-released on September 4, 2001.{{cite web | url =https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005KA9E/| title = Sunset Strip (2000) (VHS) | date = 4 September 2001 | accessdate = 2010-07-11 | publisher = Amazon.com}} On June 1, 2004, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released a DVD for region 1.{{cite web | url =https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00020HB32/| title = Sunset Strip (DVD) | date = June 2004 | accessdate = 2010-07-11 | publisher = Amazon.com}} The DVD release includes a wide-screen and a full-screen version of the film.{{cite web | url = http://www.fuzzster.com/r/show/se/5325426.html | title = Sunset Strip (2000) (DVD) | access-date = 2010-07-11 | publisher = Fuzzster.com | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130208073043/http://www.fuzzster.com/r/show/se/5325426.html | archive-date = 2013-02-08 }}