Sunset Strip (2000)

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CinemaSource

Studio: Fox 2000

Rating: R

Release Date: Aug 11, 2000

Running Time: 90 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Simon Baker, Anna Friel, Jared Leto, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Nick Stahl, Tommy J Flanagan, Stephanie Romanov, Darren E Burrows, John Randolph

director: Adam Collis

Sunset Strip

Twenty-four hours on the Sunset Strip in 1972, as seen through the eyes of seven struggling artists looking for fame: Tammy, a clothing designer with a shop located next to the Whiskey-a-Go-Go; Glen, an up and coming country star; Duncan a visiting Scottish superstar; Zack a novice musician who believes the soul of Jimi Hendrix speaks through his guitar; Felix an alcoholic songwriter; Shapir, a hustling agent with a white-boy Afro; and Michael, a colorblind photographer who finds out he has a venereal disease.

In and around L.A.'s famed Sunset Strip circa 1972, the lives of several musicians and industry hangers-on intertwine over a 24-hour period.

Story

A photographer (Simon Baker), a fashion designer (Anna Friel), a young guitarist (Nick Stahl), a struggling songwriter (Rory Cochran), a southern rocker (Jared Leto), a talent manager (Adam Goldberg), and the British rock star of the moment (Tommy J. Flanagan): all up-and-coming dreamers, all tied together by a pair of gigs at the Whisky A Go Go, a…