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Parent Child Relationship | Santa Barbara, California
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
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In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Best Original Screenplay | 2017 | Mike
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under Million Dollars | 2017 | Howard
Screenwriter | 2016 | Mike
Top Ten Independent Films | 2016
Honorable Mentions | 2016
Top Ten of the Year International Competition | 2018 | Mike
Actress Defying Age and Ageism | 2017 | Annette
Best Original Screenplay | 2017 | Mike
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | 2017 | Annette
Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | 2017
Film Performance of the Year Actress | 2017 | Annette
Film of the Year | 2017
Screenplay of the Year | 2017 | Mike
Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over | 2017
The Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over | 2017
Lead Actress | 2017 | Annette
Best Ensemble | 2017
Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Greta
Best Actress | 2017 | Annette
Best Original Screenplay | 2017 | Mike
Best Original Score | 2017 | Roger
Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Greta
Supporting Actress of the Year | 2017 | Greta
Best Actress | 2017 | Annette
Best Actress | 2017 | Annette
Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Greta
Best Original Screenplay | 2017 | Mike
Best Actress in a Motion Picture | 2017 | Annette
Outstanding Achievement in Casting Studio or Independent Feature Comedy | 2017 | Laura
Best Writing Original Screenplay | 2017 | Mike
Best Supporting Actress | 2017 | Greta
Best Ensemble Cast | 2017 | Laura
Best Actress | 2017 | Annette
Best Original Screenplay | 2016 | Mike
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Ensemble | 2016
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 2016 | Greta
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Ensemble | 2016
Best Ensemble | 2016
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Acting Ensemble | 2016
2016 | Annette
Best Acting Ensemble | 2016
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Picture | 2016
Best Actress | 2016 | Annette
Best Original Screenplay | 2016 | Mike
Best Supporting Actress | 2016 | Greta
Best Actress in a Leading Role | 2016 | Annette
Budget 7,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 5,664,764 USD
During rehearsals, the cast was encouraged to bring in music they believed their characters listened to. Then, to encourage familiarity among the cast, there would be a dance party where the only rule was that everyone had to dance and it didn't matter what the song was.
The film is semi-autobiographical, according to Mike Mills. The main cast members are based on one or multiple influences upon Mills from his childhood. Annette Bening's character in particular is based partly on his mother, but with the emphasis on Bening's particular spin on her character. This makes it Mills' second semi-autobiographical movie, after Beginners (2010) which was based on his father, who came out as gay after the death of his mother.
As her character is based on the director's mother, Annette Bening watched a lot of Mike Mills' mother's favorite films, including Stage Door (1937) and movies starring Humphrey Bogart; his seminal film Casablanca (1942) is edited into the film.
Shares a lot of similarities to Almost Famous (2000): Both are semi-autobiographical stories about a 15-year-old boy discovering music, falling in love with a more sexually experienced blonde, and living with a single mother in southern California during the 1970s. Billy Crudup features in both films, and has exactly the same hair style in both.
The house location was used for the exterior shots in the film adaptation of Running with Scissors (2006), also starring Annette Bening.
"Dorothea: Wondering if you're happy is a great shortcut to just being depressed."
"Dorothea: What is that? Abbie: It's The Raincoats. Dorothea: Can't things just be pretty? Jamie: Pretty music is used to hide how unfair and corrupt society is. Dorothea: Ah, okay so... they're not very good, and they know that, right? Abbie: Yeah, it's like they've got this feeling, and they don't have any skill, and they don't want skill, because it's really interesting what happens when your passion is bigger than the tools you have to deal with it. It creates this energy that's raw. Isn't it great?"
