Screening followed by a Q&A with Warren Beatty, Lily Collins and Annette Bening.
Moderated by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter.
SYNOPSIS
RULES DON’T APPLY written, directed and produced by Warren Beatty is the story of how an aspiring young actress (Lily Collins) and her ambitious young driver (Alden Ehrenreich) struggle hopefully with the absurd eccentricities of the wildly unpredictable billionaire (Warren Beatty) for whom they work. It’s Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen, songwriter, and devout Baptist 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.
The film features a cast that includes Alec Baldwin, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Haley Bennett, Candice Bergen, Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Lily Collins, Steve Coogan, Alden Ehrenreich, Taissa Farmiga, Ed Harris, Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt and Martin Sheen. The crafts team on the film includes director of photography Caleb Deschanel, A.S.C.,production designer Jeannine Oppewall, set decorator Nancy Haigh, film editors Billy Weber, F. Brian Scofield, Leslie Jones, ACE, and Robin Gonsalves, costume designer Albert Wolsky, make-up by Valli O’Reilly, hair by Cydney Cornell, with an original song “The Rules Don’t Apply” written by Lorraine Feather and Eddie Arkin.
Parking: Please enter the Main Gate on West Pico Boulevard for this event
