HUMBOLT COUNTY
The Story:
After receiving a failing grade from a demanding professor (Peter Bogdanovich) who just happens to be his father, UCLA medical student Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) drowns his sorrows in a jazz club, where he catches the eye of a sultry singer named Bogart (Fairuza Balk).
The next day, after a spontaneous night of hot sex, Peter tags along with Bogart as she pays a visit to her family, and is soon stranded with her aunt and uncle as she heads back into the city. Jack (Brad Dourif) and Rosie (Frances Conroy) are former academics-turned-bohemian dropouts who live in a remote and idyllic community near California's redwood forests, where they support themselves by growing marijuana.
Also living with Jack and Rosie are Max (Chris Messina), Bogart's sometime boyfriend, and Charity (Madison Davenport), Max's young daughter. While Peter clearly doesn't fit in with Jack, Rosie, and their friends at first, before long he develops an appreciation and respect for their way of life as he ponders his future, but the risks of their profession become equally clear to him, and Max is looking for a big score so he and Charity can move on.
Starring:
Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Brad Dourif, Frances Conroy, Madison Davenport, Chris Messina.
Directed By:
Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs.
Release:
2008
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