Ask the Dust
Trapped by passion. Faced by their dreams.
2006 | 117m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Towne |
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| Writer: | Robert Towne, John Fante |
| Staring: |
| Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 02, 2006 |
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| Director: | Robert Towne |
| Writer: | Robert Towne, John Fante |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | italy, mexico, alcohol, based on novel or book, beach, cigarette, letter, kiss, great depression, police, love, racism, los angeles, california |
| Production Companies | Cruise/Wagner Productions, Capitol Films, VIP Medienfonds 3, Ascendant Pictures, Noble House Entertainment Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,500,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Colin Farrell | Arturo Bandini |
| Salma Hayek Pinault | Camilla Lopez |
| Donald Sutherland | Hellfrick |
| Eileen Atkins | Mrs. Hargraves |
| Idina Menzel | Vera Rivkin |
| Justin Kirk | Sammy |
| William Mapother | Bill |
| Tamara Marie Watson | Sally |
| Dionysio Basco | Patricio |
| Jeremy Crutchley | Solomon |
| Ronald France | Columbia Sweeper |
| Wayne Harrison | Heilman |
| Natasha Staples | Denver Librarian |
| Paul Rylander | Harold the Bartender |
| Donna Mosley | Red Headed Girl |
| Richard Schickel | H. L. Mencken (voice) |
| Yasuhiro Yoshimura | Japanese Vegetable Man |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Towne | Screenplay, Director |
| Caleb Deschanel | Director of Photography |
| Robert K. Lambert | Editor |
| Nancy Haigh | Set Decoration |
| Jenny Shircore | Hair Designer, Makeup Designer |
| Alan Shearer | Unit Production Manager |
| Grant Hulley | Stunt Coordinator |
| Hank McCann | Casting |
| Bob Knotek | Casting |
| Sarah Purser | Second Assistant Director |
| Kerry Gregg | Stunts |
| Janine Wyatt-Mair | Stunts |
| Jake Mervine | Stunts |
| Daryl Andrews | Stunts |
| Dermot Brogan | Stunts |
| John Smith | Stunts |
| Debbi Bossi | Post Production Supervisor |
| Tom Hannam | Art Direction |
| Richard L. Johnson | Supervising Art Director |
| Pete Cavaciuti | Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator |
| Anthony English | Video Assist Operator |
| Sally Jones | Script Supervisor |
| Sean Rau | Second Assistant Camera |
| Nico Louw | Sound Mixer |
| Neil Baillie | Second Assistant Camera |
| Jurgen Human | Boom Operator |
| Bernard Marcus | Boom Operator |
| Hope M. Parrish | Property Master |
| Danie du Toit | First Assistant Camera |
| Michael Corker | Camera Loader |
| Adi Visser | First Assistant Camera |
| Paige Augustine | Set Dresser |
| Elizabeth Kenton | Dialogue Editor |
| Clive Pollick | Construction Coordinator |
| Sally Boldt | Music Editor |
| Moira Anne Meyer | Costume Supervisor |
| Colin Polson | Hairstylist |
| Kenny Becker | Color Timer |
| Louise Martin | Art Department Coordinator |
| David Bloomer | Still Photographer |
| Greg ten Bosch | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Joe Dorn | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Thom Brennan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Bob Baron | ADR Mixer |
| Michael Babcock | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jim Passon | Color Timer |
| Robin Harlan | Foley Artist |
| Byron Wilson | Dialogue Editor |
| Mark Pappas | Foley Editor |
| Sarah Monat | Foley Artist |
| Bradley Sweetman | Transportation Coordinator |
| Sue Michael | Makeup Artist |
| Roy Seeger | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Robert Bentley | Location Manager |
| John Fante | Novel |
| Ramin Djawadi | Original Music Composer |
| Heitor Pereira | Original Music Composer |
| Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Dennis Gassner | Production Design |
| Tommy Gormley | First Assistant Director |
| Dan Hirst | Stunts |
| Franz Spilhaus | Stunts |
| Scott A. Hecker | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Warren Beatty | Thanks |
| Eric A. Norris | Sound Effects Editor |
| Randy K. Singer | Foley Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mark Roemmich | Executive Producer |
| Redmond Morris | Executive Producer |
| Jonas McCord | Producer |
| David Selvan | Executive Producer |
| Andreas Grosch | Executive Producer |
| Andreas Schmid | Executive Producer |
| Galit Hakmon McCord | Co-Producer |
| Christopher Roberts | Producer |
| Paula Wagner | Producer |
| Don Granger | Producer |
| Kia Jam | Co-Producer |
| Tom Cruise | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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