In 1979, in Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields was a single mother in her 50s, raising her adolescent son Jamie. Full of cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea raises Jamie with the help of two young women, Abby, a free-spirited punk artist who lives in the Fields home, and Julie, a shrewd and defiant teenage neighbor.
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Film actors:
- Dorothea Fields as Annette Bening
- Jamie Fields as Lucas Jed Zuman
- Abby Porter as Greta Gerwig
- Julie Miller as Elle Fanning
- William: Billy Crudup
- Julie’s mother: Alison Elliott
- Gail Porter (Abby’s mother): Sia Gill
- Young Jamie: Vitaly Andre LeBeau
- Julie’s sister: Olivia Horne
- Charlie: Walid Zuait
- Matt: Curran Waters
- Julian: Darrell Britt Gibson
- Trish: Alia Shawkat
- Cindy: Natalie Love
- Teenagers in Therapy: Cameron Protzman
- Teenagers in Therapy: Victoria Bruno
- Abby’s OB/GYN: John Billingsley
- Mark: Cameron Gelman
- Brian: Finnegan Seeker Bell
- Q: Zoe Nanos
- Michelle: Lauren Foley
- Fire Chief: Gareth Williams
- Firefighter: J. Francisco Rodriguez
- Family Planning Worker: Zoë Worth
- Tim Drammer: Finding Roberts
- Lynette Winters as Laura Slade Wiggins
- Officer: Rick Gifford
- Jamie School Principal: Paul Tigue
- Dorothea’s bank manager: Matthew Foster
- Dorothea’s Dinner Guest: Kirk Bovell
- Dorothea’s Dinner Guest: Victoria Hoffman
- Dorothea’s Dinner Guest: Christina Ofley
- Dorothea’s Dinner Guest: Randy Ryan
- William’s daughter: Diana Burstein
- William’s woman: Toni Garr
- Abby’s New York boyfriend: Hans-Peter Thomas
- Reporter/Abby’s future husband: Kay Lennox
- Santa Barbara City Official: Paul Messinger
- Emergency Room Physician: Eric Wentz
- Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner: Samantha Gros
- Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner: Britt Sanborn
- Women’s Chorus: Alexis Milan Turner
- Women’s Chorus: Catherine Zelinski
- Women’s Chorus: Boyce Buchanan
- Women’s Chorus: Kyle Olivia Green
- Women’s Chorus: Sam Marsh
- Women’s Chorus: Antonia Marie Vivino
- Women’s Choir: Sara Pelayo
- Women’s Chorus: Annabelle Lee
- “Phlask” (club band): Avi Boyko
- “Phlask” (Club Band): Tyler Leyva
- “Phlask” (club band): Cameron Simon
- “Snake Fang” (house party band): Jesse Sanes
- “Snake Fang” (House Party Band): Sam Bosson
- “Snake Fang” (House Party Band): Ian Logan
- “Snake Fang” (house party band): Patrick Pastor
- Slope Skater: Trent Bowman
- Slope Skater: Justin Rivera
- Slope Skater: Desmond Sheppard
- Abby’s Friend: Joshua Bergey
- Abby’s friend: Daniel Dole
- Pharmacist: Christopher Carroll
- Julie’s Hershey Friend: Hayden Gold
- Julie’s stepfather: Alex Wexall
- Biplane Pilot: Pete Mason
- Drafting Office Manager: Padric Cassidy
- Bartender: Matthew Cardaropol
- The Woman in the Bar: Toni Christopher
- William’s daughter: Tanya Young
Crew:
- Sound re-recording mixer: Frank Gaeta
- Starring: Laura Rosenthal
- Thank you: Miranda July
- Story: Mike Mills
- Producer: Anne Kelly
- Original music composer: Roger Neal
- Editor: Leslie Jones
- Casting: Mark Bennett
- Stunt Coordinator: Nash Edgerton
- Music Director: Howard Parr
- ADR Voiced by: Mark Sussman
- Costume Design: Jennifer Johnson
- Executive Producer: Chelsea Barnard
- Director of Photography: Sean Porter
- Producer: Megan Ellison
- Producer: Uri Henry
- Co-producer: Jeff Linville
- Still Photographer: Merrick Morton
- Costume Supervision: Claudia Sarbou
- Sound re-recording mixer: Rick Ash
- Air Coordinator: Craig Hosking
- Bonus: Guy Francoeur
- Makeup artist: Erin Ayanian
- Head of Hair Department: Shandra Page
- Co-producer: Gillian Longnecker
- Photographer: Jason Odak
- Unit Production Manager: Joel Henry
- Still Photographer: Bonnie Osborne
- ADR Voice: Patty Connolly
- Main hairstylist: Vanessa Price
- Main Costume: Brigitte Ferry
- Aerial Director of Photography: Dwayne McClintock
- Animal Coordinator: Debbie Pearl
- Set Decoration: Aimee Athnos
- Seamstress: Jessica R. Lawson
- Makeup Department Supervisor: Jorjee Douglass
- First Assistant Photographer: Ryan Mhor
- Music Editor: Michael Barber
- Foley: Joe Cullen
- Script Supervisor: Julia Schachter
- Associate Producer: Andrea Longacre White
- Production Design: Chris Jones
- Set Decoration: Neil Wyzanowski
- Boom Operator: Eva Rismanforoush
- Photographer: Michael Merriman
- Real Estate Guru: Perry Pascual
- Assistant Costume Designer: Petra Larson
- Set costumes: Corinne Eckart
- Still Photographer: Gunther Campine
- Lead Makeup Artist: Jacqueline Knowlton
- First Assistant Editor: Jason F. Voss
- Stunt double: Joanna Bennett
- Production Coordinator: Wednesday Standley
- Second Assistant Director: John Nasrawi
- First Assistant Director: Rod Smith
- Stunt double: Ingrid Kleinig
- Stunts: Desmond Shepard
Movie review:
- iheardthatmoviewas: It was 1979, and Dorothea Fields was in her 50s, raising a teenage boy, Jaime, while running a house in Santa Barbara. A house that undergoes frequent renovations. Jaime’s father isn’t in the picture, but when your mother rents out rooms to a handful of specific individuals from different generations, he needs a father. Director Mike Mills chose three powerful actresses: Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning to play the different female characters in James’ life. They helped create the three protagonists. Eye-catching female characters that will fascinate you. These three remarkable characters are flattened in the coming-of-age narrative and cannot be compared to the women who helped raise it.
- > Set in Santa Barbara, the film tells the story of Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening), a determined single mother in her 50s raising her adolescent son Jamie (played by newcomer Lucas Jade Zuman in a breakout performance), the moment is full of cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea was helped by two young women as Jamie grew up – Abby (Greta Gerwig), a free-spirited boarder who lived at the Fields’ house. a punk artist, and Julie (Elle Fanning), a shrewd and feisty teenage neighbor.
- Being a single parent is tough, and it’s even tougher when your son is a teenager, dealing with romance, the unleashed energy of punk music, and playing games when someone tugs at their diaphragm Will leave you breathless. After going to the hospital, Dorothea, played by Annette Bening, realizes she may not be able to raise her son on her own and enlists the help of the various women in James’ life. Dorothea does not need help with the physical needs of raising a child, providing shelter and nourishment, but does need help with the psychological needs of raising a child, providing knowledge about life, womanhood, and what it means to be a man. Each woman is born into a different generation and deals with issues that life throws at them, causing Jaime to become even more confused about life.
- Annette Bening’s Dorothea is absolutely fantastic and you will relate to her as Dorothea develops not as a mother figure but as a person. As Jamie likes to point out, it’s not all Dorothea’s fault, since she grew up during the Great Depression. When her father leaves, she puts up barriers around her and her son, which is shown through her moments of conservatism, even though she has a certain free spirit. She gives these women a job she’s supposed to do, but that doesn’t mean she stays out of the spotlight. She travels with them to punk rock clubs so she can get to know not only her son but these women as well.
- The first to face the challenges of raising James is Abby, played by Greta Gerwig, who is influenced by feminism, punk music and photography. Abby uses the first two influences to help James understand what it means to be a man. As titles like “Our Bodies,” “Our Selves” and “Sisterhood” appear in Jaime’s lap, and words like clitoral stimulation and menstruation enter Jaime’s ears, Abbie tries to define herself by letting herself Come help Jaime define what it is to be a man.
- It’s a trend found in all three women, as Elle Fanning’s Julie uses her promiscuity to rebel against her therapist mother and the world. Ellie, who is closest in age to James, is the last to complete the task given to her, a task she might have avoided entirely if she hadn’t been sneaking into James’ bed every night. James desires Ellie, and she tells him that he just wants her thoughts. Jaime is confused, he is a teenage boy after all, and all the hormones and feminist literature isn’t helping.
- The definitions of man and woman change with every generation. My great-grandfather would tell me that men buy flowers for women, write love letters, a bunch of other things that in 2016 men no longer consider men to do. Three different women attempted to define these terms through the scope of their generation and the perceptions of their generation, and unfortunately, most of these definitions no longer apply to Jaime’s generation.
- 20th Century Women goes a step further and gives us the backstory of everyone in the family and what is going to happen. There’s nothing really wrong with that, other than the fact that these backstories don’t offer any real reflection, which adds to the frustration of the film having no arc, well, I can’t put my finger on it. At one point, I thought the movie was over because we learned so early on about Dorothea’s future. Later I was surprised that there was still an hour left in the movie. The nostalgia-laden “20th Century Women” would have had a much better run if the film had decided to follow our titular woman rather than just a boy who ties the three together.
- Reno: **This is a 20th century story! ** **
- You’ve seen movies like this all the time. This is where chick flicks meet art. Art does not mean films filled with inspiration, messages and awareness. But the presentation was very enjoyable. The script carefully picks the right events and the dialogue is good. Fans of the book will seek out the original source from which it was adapted. But the fact is, it’s an original screenplay, which is why it was nominated at the recent Academy Awards. In other words, it was inspired by the director’s own childhood, being raised by his mother and sister.
- This is the story of a single mother whose teenage son is struggling to fit in with the world. They also have two roommates, a woman in her 20s and a middle-aged man. Next to her, a girl about the same age as her son visits regularly, sometimes secretly. So how all these people impacted the boy’s life is what this story reveals. His mother is from a different generation and doesn’t understand the world today, which is 1979 in the movie.
- Another unique film from the director of “Beginners.” Thematically there’s nothing special about it, although it’s sculpted by a fine cast. I’m not sure the title is appropriate for what the movie is about. Yes, that would make sense if this were Annette Benen’s Dorothea story. But there is no single narrative perspective to this story. All the main characters, such as Bening, Ellie, Greta, Crudup and Zuman, share the screen equally. Therefore, I prefer the title “20th Century Story”.
- Greta’s hair reminds me of Kristen Stewart. Two hours of drama, lots of fun. It’s indeed a good movie. It brings up interesting topics for discussion, especially in today’s day and age. Movies like this are worth watching. It’s about life, about people with different personalities and ambitions.
- _7/10_
- Beyondthecineramadome: Full review: https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/-20th-century-women-review Director Mike Mills will “Women” is described as a love letter to his childhood set in sleepy Santa Barbara in 1979. Jed Zimmerman), photographer Abby (Greta Gerwig) and car mechanic William (Billy Crudup) live together. Jamie’s good friend Julie (Elle Fanning) is always hanging around the house. Dorothea is a single mother who, with the help of Julie and Abby, teaches Jamie how to be a good man.
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