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Synopsis
The tires of a baby-blue ’53
Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible squeal down the New York
street, and none of its occupants looks back. The beautiful
but mercurial Ann Devereaux (Renée Zellweger) has just left
her philandering husband Dan (Kevin Bacon), a society
bandleader, and taken to the road with her teenage sons,
George (Logan Lerman) and Robbie (Mark Rendall), in search of
a wealthy replacement mate. Although it’s 1953, Ann is certain
that her girlish charms will serve her as well as they did two
decades earlier. But time has marched on since Ann’s courting
days, and it seems that the losers and playboys outnumber the
eligible and willing bachelors. Ann never gives up hope, but a
series of new schools for the boys, ever more humble lodgings
and romantic misadventures start to take the gloss off their
trip. Yet Ann is indefatigable, her pride matched by the
flighty enthusiasm of her older son Robbie, a flamboyant boy
who believes he is meant for a life on the stage, and the
cynical wit of George, an observant aspiring writer. As the
miles roll by, their journey veers from eccentric, to hair
rising, to poignant, to comic. From her impulsive choices to
the downright bizarre characters they meet on the road, Ann
steers her sons on a narrow highway between excitement and
panic. But ultimately, George discovers the determination,
dignity and love underneath his mother’s narcissistic
exterior. And Ann makes a different future for herself and her
sons than any of them had imagined. Directed by Richard
Loncraine and starring Renne Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, and Logan
Lerman, The film Is inspired by incidents in the life of actor
and Hollywood icon George Hamilton. The film is written by
Charlie Peters and is produced by Aaron Ryder and Norton
Herrick. Herrick Entertainment presents a Raygun Production,
in association with Merv Griffin Entertainment and George
Hamilton Productions.
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