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Apr 2, 1986 · This bittersweet comedy looks at the denizens of Echo Park, a decaying section of Los Angeles popular with struggling actors and musicians, largely because of its (relatively) low rents. May Greer (Susan Dey) is a single mother and aspiring actress who makes ends meet by tending bar (the most lucrative job she's been offered in show biz is as a combination stripper and singing telegram girl).
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.
Echo Park is a film directed by Robert Dornhelm with Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Christopher Walker .... Year: 1986. Original title: Echo Park. Synopsis: In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everyone is more than they initially seem. May waits tables, raises a son, Henry, and is an aspiring actress.
Echo Park (1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. ... Best Films of 1986 a list of 40 titles
Echo Park ist eine US-amerikanisch-österreichische Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 1986.Regie führte Robert Dornhelm, das Drehbuch schrieb Michael Ventura.Die Filmhandlung, die im Stadtteil Echo Park in Los Angeles in Kalifornien, spielt dreht sich um aufstrebende Schauspieler, Musiker und Models, ist aber gleichzeitig auch der Inbegriff geplatzter Hollywood-Träume.
This bittersweet comedy looks at the denizens of Echo Park, a decaying section of Los Angeles popular with struggling actors and musicians, largely because of its (relatively) low rents. May Greer (Susan Dey) is a single mother and aspiring actress who makes ends meet by tending bar (the most lucrative job she's been offered in show biz is as a combination stripper and singing telegram girl).
In the movie's third-most-famous scene, Jake (Jack Nicholson) pretends to photograph his associate, as cover for snapping Hollis and Katherine, while boating on Echo Park Lake. Echo Park is a 1986 American comedy drama film set in Echo Park. The plot follows several aspiring actors, musicians and models.
