When Sam and his uptight fiancée Alex arrange to move into Sam's mother's California house, they arrive to find it in uproar. Jane is running late producing her latest album for a new rock band, which means this conservative, Harvard-educated couple are thrown into a world of chaos.

Supposedly finishing her doctoral dissertation on fruit fly reproduction, Alex is drawn to the tempestuous freedom surrounding the recording studio, discovering that she has a taste for dope smoking afternoons and three-way pool romps. Meanwhile, Sam begins his training as a hospital psychiatrist and falls for his colleague Sara. It's a relationship destined for total meltdown.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Cast

Sam - Christian Bale
Jane - Francis McDormand
Alex - Kate Beckinsale
Sara - Natasha McElhone

Official Websites

Laurel Canyon at Sony Classics

German Website

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