Search - L.A. Story [Letterbox] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1991 DVD Release: 08/14/2001 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Live/Artisan Total Copies: 14 Genres: Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Sophisticated Comedy, Urban Comedy See Also: L.A. Story [Widescreen], L.A. Story [15th Anniversary]

Steve Martin wrote and stars in this look at the promise and dreamtime of Los Angeles culture. Martin stars as Harris K. Telemacher, a light-hearted television weatherman who does wacky comedy in lieu of reports since, being in L.A., he has very little weather to report. He spends his time roller-skating through museums and spending time with California's beautiful people. But Telemacher is fired and discovers that his girlfriend Trudi (Marilu Henner) is having an affair. He walks away from the relationship and re-evaluates his life, getting advice from a friendly electronic highway road sign. The sign suggests that he call SanDeE (Sarah Jessica Parker), a sprightly and attractive Valley Girl he met in a clothing store. With SanDeE he experiences a liberating and carefree spirit. But Telemacher comes to realize that he has actually fallen in love with Sara (Victoria Tennant), a tuba-playing British journalist who is in California to do a feature on Los Angeles lifestyles. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Steve Martin - Harris K. Telemacher
Victoria Tennant - Sarah McDowel
Richard E. Grant - Roland Mackey
Marilu Henner - Trudi
Sarah Jessica Parker - SanDeE

Mick Jackson directs Steve Martin in the comedy L.A. Story, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer, a featurette, production notes, and information on the cast and crew. This is a by-the-numbers release from Artisan. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide