
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.
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3/26/1982Runtime
108 minsOverview
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.
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A tender-hearted comedy about a teenager showing up unannounced at her estranged father's door in Hollywood, navigating the awkwardness of reconnection and learning who he really is. It's a film about showing up, being seen, and the messy work of rebuilding family bonds.
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