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Synopsis: An aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and her ambitious young driver (Alden Ehrenreich) struggle hopefully with the absurd eccentricities of the wildly unpredictable billionaire, Howard Hughes, (Warren Beatty) for whom they work. It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen, songwriter, and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Collins), under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes (Beatty), arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes (Ehrenreich), who is engaged to be married to his 7th grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' #1 rule: no employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Warren Beatty
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG-13
Year:
2016
127 min
£3,647,836
Website
325 Views


We're history. We're fired.

And the Iron Maiden has emerged.

- The what?

- Iron Maiden.

The virgin Marla.

ACTRESS 1:
You did? That's horrible.

ACTRESS 2:
Stop, you.

What's going on?

I called you three times.

Please, I'm late for my 4:00.

What's the matter?

You afraid the old man will hear

you were talking to a normal guy?

Oh, please, no.

Just don't, don't do this.

I'm not doing anything

and neither are you.

You're not allowed to do...

I'm doing just fine. Thank you.

You know what? Forget it.

- (chuckling)

- ACTRESS 3:
What was that about?

Some guys never stop

looking to hide the salami.

- (laughing)

- What?

- What?

- Hide the salami.

Do the deed.

Dip the wick.

Varnish the cane.

Butter the muffin.

I get it.

Bye, girls.

("Rockin' Robin" playing)

He rocks in the tree tops

all day long

Hoppin' and a-boppin'

and a-singing his song

All the little birds

on Jaybird Street

Love to hear the robin go

tweet, tweet, tweet

Rockin' robin

Tweet, tweet, tweet

Rockin' robin

Tweet, tweedle-lee-dee

Go rockin' robin

'Cause we're really

gonna rock tonight

MARLA:
Mamie told me

that six months ago

one of the drivers got fired

because he ate dinner with her.

But Sally says all the drivers

have to be hired

through their churches.

Fine, that doesn't make them angels.

And when is Frank Forbes' fiance

coming to town, anyway?

I don't want a ricochet romance

I don't want a ricochet love

If you're careless

with your kisses

Find another turtle dove

I don't want a ricochet romance

No, no, not me

If you're gonna ricochet, baby

I'm gonna set you free

Reverend Forbes,

do not charge the battery,

if you're not going to use the lights.

Unless, of course,

you'd like to be fired.

Anyway, the virgin Maria's a Baptist.

You do know why Baptists think

f***ing is bad, don't you?

Because it might lead to dancing.

- Knock it off, Levar.

- (music playing)

Ma, he's making eyes at me...

And here's this.

Oh, thank you.

Careful, Granny.

"For food and all thy gifts of love,

"we give Thee thanks and praise.

"Look down, oh, Jesus, from above

"and bless us all our days."

- Amen.

- Amen.

Glad you're feeling

better now, Mr. Bransford.

MR. BRANSFORD:

Your fiance's been doing

a whale of a job

with the kennel, Frank.

But the puppies all tell me

they miss you around here.

Will the house you find us

have at least a tiny yard?

Absolutely.

MR. BRANSFORD:

And you still feel

Howard Hughes

is going to be interested

in developing a housing project

with a kid your age?

When you finally meet him.

For all have sinned and come

short of the glory of God.

The Bible says that we're all sinners.

And the word "sin" actually means

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Warren Beatty

Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981). Aside from Orson Welles for Citizen Kane, Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting in, directing, writing, and producing the same film, and he did so twice: first for Heaven Can Wait (with Buck Henry as co-director), and again with Reds. Eight of the films he has produced have earned 53 Academy nominations, and in 1999, he was awarded the Academy's highest honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Award. Beatty has been nominated for eighteen Golden Globe Awards, winning six, including the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which he was honored with in 2007. Among his Golden Globe-nominated films are Splendor in the Grass (1961), his screen debut, and Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Shampoo (1975), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Reds (1981), Dick Tracy (1990), Bugsy (1991), Bulworth (1998) and Rules Don't Apply (2016), all of which he also produced. Director and collaborator Arthur Penn described Beatty as "the perfect producer", adding, "He makes everyone demand the best of themselves. Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing and scoring. He plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen." more…

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