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2021
R
2h 13m

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7.1/10

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Coming-of-Age Feel-Good Romance Period Drama Showbiz Drama Teen Comedy Teen Drama Teen Romance Comedy Drama Romance

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

144K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,415

185

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 62 wins & 200 nominations total

Trivia
Alana's family is played by her real-life family members. She and her sisters are the members of Haim, a Grammy-nominated rock band. Paul Thomas Anderson previously directed a number of music videos for Haim, and when he was a child, his elementary art school teacher was Donna Haim, the mother of the girls. This film was partly inspired by a crush he had on her when he was her student.

Goofs
Alana listens to "Stumblin' In" through headphones while on a flight. The song was released in late 1978, five years after the date in which the film is set.

Quotes
Alana: [during a fight] Este, don't you even look at me! Don't you even look at me! You're always looking at me!
Este: Oh, my...
Alana: What are you doing?
Este: I didn't even say anything!
Alana: What are you doing? What are you thinking, huh? "I'm Este. I work for mom and dad. I'm perfect! I'm a real estate agent. Alana doesn't have her life together. Alana brings home stupid boyfriends all the time."
Este: I mean...
Alana: I knew it! I knew that was what you were thinking. You're always thinking things, you thinker! You thinker! You think things!

Crazy credits
The film opens with the 2008 MGM logo with the live action Leo the Lion mascot, to set up the film's retro feel of being set in 1973. The studio's 1967-1968 "stylized lion" logo, best known for its appearance at the start of 2001: A Space Odyssey, appears after the end credits, alongside the Focus Features, Bron Creative and United Artists Releasing logos.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Matthew McConaughey/Alana Haim/Niko Moon (2021)

Soundtracks
July Tree
Written by Eve Merriam and Irma Jurist
Performed by Nina Simone
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Courtesy of the Nina Simone Charitable Trust and Steven Ames Brown

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Featured review

6/10

gave up early on

For as much as I watched this it's a '70s movie about two unlikable people who flirt unlikeably and I suppose probably wind up having an unlikable romance. This was nominated for a Best picture Oscar but God knows why except that boring pointless movies often get nominated for awards. I actually don't know anyone who liked this movie but I suppose people did.