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Steve Martin is Harris Telemacher, a wacky television weatherman, who thinks his life is perfect, except for an erratic relationship with style-conscious girlfriend (Marilu Henner). Then, one bright and smoggy L.A. day, an electronic freeway sign changes his life, when its advice leads him into a frivolous romance with a young and beautiful blonde (Sarah Jessica Parker) and, ultimately, to true love with the woman of his dreams (Victoria Tennant). Set against the magic of Los Angeles, it's "like" the most hilarious romantic L.A. Story you'll ever experience.
Editor's Note
In this gentle send-up of life in L.A., a TV weatherman stuck in an unfulfilling relationship and embarrassing job receives a mysterious message from a freeway sign saying the weather will change his life. Soon his life is turned upside down--he loses his job, his agent, his girlfriend, and his reasons not to start living life to the fullest.
Plot Summary
A wacky TV weatherman loses his job after taking off yet another weekend -- after all, he figures, L.A. weather never changes, does it? And his personal life is a mess too, because his relationship with his long-time girlfriend has gone kaput. Everything looks pretty dismal, when he unexpectedly meets a British journalist on assignment in L.A. and falls instantly in love. He fears he has no chance with her, though, and in desperation he starts a relationship with a ditzy young shopgirl who introduces him to the wonders of rollerskating and colonics. All the while he pines away for the journalist. Then, while driving down the L.A. freeways, he suddenly realizes that one of the highway signs is trying to communicate with him. He stops to read the messages, takes a risk, and trusts in them to save his life.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Subtitles: Spanish | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Theatrical Trailer | | Production Notes | | Cast & Crew Information | | Digitally Mastered | | Featurette | | Spanish Subtitles | | Widescreen Version | | Director's Commentary Track | | 2.0 Dolby Surround |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Artisan |
| Release Date: 1/11/2005 |
| Running Time: 98 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 11904 | | UPC: 00012236119043 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Sly, romantic fun..." 02/21/1991 p.47-8Entertainment Weekly
"...Warmly warped....[Parker] personifies the city's giddy spirit..." -- Rating: B 01/21/2000 pp.108-9 New York Times
"...Decent, intelligent, and sweet..." 02/08/1991 p.C8 Los Angeles Times
"...L.A. Story has a completely original spirit. It's wiggy yet deeply, helplessly romantic....The imagery has a spin to it, as if we too were being enswooned by it all..." 02/08/1991 p.F1 Total Film
"...A film which suffuses the world's most plastic city with a sense of wonder, giving this underrated feelgood comedy an irresistible glow..." 05/01/2000 p.120 Widescreen Review
"[A] thoughtful comedy about life and love in the city of angels." 07/01/2006 p.72 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] sweet and surreal romantic comedy..." 07/01/2006 p.99 |
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