Tuesday, July 6, 2021

"Long Weekend"

Steve Basilone, playing a struggling writer, heads to the movies at the Hayworth Theatre on Wilshire Blvd. in "Long Weekend" (Sony/Stage 6 Films, 2021). Basilone also wrote and directed. The cinematography is by Felipe Vara de Rey.
 

 At the boxoffice. 
 

Settling in to listen to a phone message from his doctor, watch a movie, and do some heavy drinking. He's brought a bottle. 
 

He's asleep as the lights come up. 

Usher Jess Jacobs wakes him up. 
 

Time to go. He admits he was drinking a bit. She catches up with him on the street and suggests they find a bar to drink together. As the ad copy says: "They found each other just in time."

The theatre is at 2511 Wilshire Blvd., just west of MacArthur Park. It was built as a legit venue, had a long run as a repertory film house called the Vagabond, and then became a legit house named the Hayworth. It's now a comedy club. See the page about the Hayworth Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for more about the building.

On IMDb: "Long Weekend

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