The Movie Roles of Lauren Graham

A synopsis of Lauren’s movie roles from a "Lauren-centric" point of view.

Movies are listed by the size of Lauren's role.

Chasing Destiny

Billing - 2nd
Screen Time: significant
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Lauren’s character: Jessy James
Filmed in 1998
Released on Video and DVD in 2001
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language and brief nudity (not Lauren).

Jessy returns home to see her terminally ill father, a former sixties rocker (played by Christopher Lloyd), and ends up having to deal with his mounting debts and a relentless collection agent.

Internet Movie Database entry

Dill Scallion

Billing - 2nd
Screen Time: significant
Running Time: 1 hour 31 minutes
Lauren’s character: Kristie Sue
Filmed in 1999
Released on Video in 2000
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexual content and some drug references.
(DVDs have been produced, but apparently only for rental purposes at Hollywood Video. The DVD includes a voice over version with the writer/director and stars explaining some of the more subtle jokes, and how the movie was filmed. This includes a phone call to Lauren who was in Canada filming the pilot of Gilmore Girls at the time).

Dill Scallion is said to be the "Spinal Tap" of country music. If this is true it would make Krisitie Sue the Yoko Ono of country music. The ultimate hanger-on, she latches on to the rising star Dill Scallion. Before long she is making his decisions, spending his money and even singing back-up with the band.

Internet Movie Database entry

One True Thing

Billing - 6th
Screen Time: 15 minutes 20 seconds
Running Time: 2 hours 8 minutes
Lauren’s character: Jules
Filmed in 1998
Released on Video and DVD in 1999
MPAA Rating: R for Language.

Jules (Lauren) accompanies her friend Helen (Renee Zellweger) home for Helen's father's birthday. While there they discover Helen's mother has been diagnosed with cancer. Helen has to leave her job to care for her mother (Meryl Streep) when her father (William Hurt) refuses to take a leave of absence from his professorship. Jules returns to the city, but shows up again at the holidays and again at the end of the movie.

Alternate review
When Helen (Renee Zellweger) returns home for her father's birthday, she discovers her mother, Kate (Meryl Streep), has been diagnosed with cancer. Her self-centered father, George (William Hurt), refuses to take a sabatical from his professorship, forcing Helen to leave her job and move home to care for her mother, though they have never really gotten along.

Internet Movie Database entry

Nightwatch

Billing - 5th
Screen Time: 10 minutes 20 seconds
Total Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes
Lauren’s character: Marie
Filmed in 1998
Released on Video and DVD in 2000
MPAA Rating: R for Sexual Content, Drugs, Language and Violence.

Lauren's boyfriend, James (Josh Brolin), is best friends with a fellow law student, Martin (Ewan McGregor), who has just taken a job as night watchman at the morgue. When a serial killer starts his reign of terror, the police begin to suspect Martin and Martin begins to look at all the people in his life as possible suspects. Lauren (as Marie) is also the best friend of Martin's girlfriend, Katherine (Patricia Arquette). Lauren appears throughout the movie, but her scene time is still limited.

Alternate review
A college student takes a job as the night watchman in the morgue just as a serial killer begins his reign of terror. While the police suspect him of the crime, he begins looking at all the people in his life as possible suspects.

Favorite Quote: Josh Brolin to Lauren: "Marie, If I’ve ever done anything to make you happy, I truly apologize."

Internet Movie Database entry

Sweet November

Billing - 6th
Screen Time: 2 minutes 35 seconds
Total Running Time: 2 hours 0 minutes
Lauren’s character: Angelica
Filmed in 2000
Released in Theaters 2001
Released on Video and DVD in 2001
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Angelica's boyfriend, Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves), is a self-absorbed, workaholic Ad agent and she is tired of his taking her for granted. When he forgets that her parents are visiting, she's had enough and leaves him. It turns out to be the same day that he loses his job and meets Sara Deever (Charlize Theron). Sara, who takes a new boyfriend every month while she tries to change them, decides to make Nelson her latest project. This is Lauren's most revealing role yet, but her screen time is very limited and she only appears in the first part of the movie.

Alternate review
Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) is a work-aholic Ad agent who stumbles across an eccentric young woman (Charlize Theron) just as his world comes crashing down. What he doesn't know is that his mysterious new girlfriend takes a new lover every month.

Official Movie Site: www.sweetnovember.net
Internet Movie Database entry

Terms:

Billing - Lauren’s billing in the film.
Screen Time - This is the total length of the scenes with Lauren in them, not the actual amount of time that her image appears on screen. In some scenes, if Lauren only appears in a very short part of a scene I do substitute actual on-screen time when calculating total screen time.
Running Time - Total length of the movie.
Alternate Reviews - A non-Lauren-centric synopsis of the movies Lauren doesn't have a major part in.

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