Ellie Parker Movie Review 2005

Ellie (Watts) is the typical struggling actress in L.A., frantically driving from audition to audition, transforming her clothes and personality in an instant to please a series of dismissive casting directors. While Ellie wrestles with her integrity and the absurdity of Hollywood, her friends and manager (Chevy Chase, in an odd cameo role) try and fail to re-inspire her love of acting. Coffey uses 16-millimeter film to emphasize Ellie's disconsolate search for something authentic. A low-budget verite production, but Watts' performance is spot-on.

Distribution

Strand Releasing, 1460 4th St., Ste. 302, Santa Monica, CA 90401, Phone: (310)395-5002, Fax: (310)395-2502, Email: strand@strandrel.com, URL: http://www.strandreleasing.com

Available on DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Showbiz Comedies, L.A.

Screenplay

Scott Coffey

Cast

Naomi Watts, Rebecca Rigg, Chevy Chase, Mark Pelligrino, Blair Mastbaum, Scott Coffey

Cinematography

Blair Mastbaum, Scott Coffey

Director

Scott Coffey

Music

B.C. Smith

Other

Keanu Reeves, Jeanne Fay, Matt Chesse, Catherine Hollander

Producer

Naomi Watts, Scott Coffey, Matt Chesse, Blair Mastbaum