Looking For Jimmy (2001)

Synopsis: Julie Delpy describes her directing debut, LOOKING FOR JIMMY, as "more of an experiment than an actual film." Shot on digital video, at a cost of about $3000, it was shot over a 24-hour period in... Julie Delpy describes her directing debut, LOOKING FOR JIMMY, as "more of an experiment than an actual film." Shot on digital video, at a cost of about $3000, it was shot over a 24-hour period in Los Angeles, stopping the camera only to change the tape. It's a freewheeling excursion through contemporary Los Angeles. Delpy plays Al, who becomes distraught when her boyfriend, Jimmy, fails to show up at her friend V's birthday party. She drags V (Emily Wagner) away from her party to help track down her missing man. V's brother (Andrew Wagner, the DP) videotapes their search. They find that Jimmy's apartment is empty except for a plastic frog. Their search takes them through the night, and well into the next day. They run across a variety of amusing, distinctly Southern Californian characters, most notably a would-be mystic, played by Bruce Ramsay, who uses the frog to channel Jimmy, and tells Al that Jimmy's in France, watching a Brazilian soccer match. Delpy successfully captures a strain of ennui peculiar to Los Angeles, but at the same time, Al's desperate search, which is clearly more about what she lacks than what Jimmy has, sheds light on a universal longing. [More]

Starring: Julie Delpy, Emily Wagner, Andrew Wagner, Billy Wirth

Starring: Julie Delpy, Emily Wagner, Andrew Wagner, Billy Wirth, Bruce Ramsay, Freddy Sauvignon

Director: Julie Delpy

Director: Julie Delpy
Screenwriter: Julie Delpy, Emily Wagner, Andrew Wagner
Producer: Chantal Bernheim, Julie Delpy

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