# The Canyons (2013)

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**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Drama
**Directed by**: Paul Schrader
**Written by**: Bret Easton Ellis
**Starring**: Nolan Gerard Funk, Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Amanda Brooks, Tenille Houston, Gus Van Sant

> *It's not the hills.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Sunset Boulevard heat haze, a broken DVD case spilling onto pavement.  
A gym trainer’s smile doesn’t reach his eyes; a actress’s audition tape plays in a darkened apartment.  
Like a Scorsese outtake sent to rehab, this one runs on spite and silence.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, paranoid, sexy

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