Plot
It's Hollywood, 1958. Aspiring actress, songwriter, small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) has a contract with movie mogul Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty) and arrives with her mother (Annette Bening) in Los Angeles to do a screen test for one of his film projects. At the airport, they meet their driver Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich). Forbes is an ambitious young man with a business plan and engaged to his 7th grade sweetheart, both deeply religious Methodists. The instant attraction that Marla and Frank feel for each other not only puts their religious convictions and moral values to the test, but also defies Hughes' #1 rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' enigmatic behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
Written by
Warren Beatty, Bo Goldman
Directed by
Warren Beatty
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Considered Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment, Windsor Media, Fiore Group, Robson Orr Entertainment, World View Entertainment, Demarest Films, New Regency Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment, Tatira
Languages
English
Awards
3 wins & 10 nominations total