Rolling Stone - Open the Door to Your Heart
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb
Based on the Rolling Stone magazine
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Karl Glusman, Aimee Teegarden, James Urbaniak, Ross Butler, Alicia Witt, Dora Madison Burge and Katherine McNamara
Plot: February 1970. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is at the cafe watching Lexi Davenport (Dora Madison Burge) perform again. The crowd at the cafe is bigger than last time as Lexi is clearly getting more of a local following. After her performance she gets a coffee and recognizes Brady from before. She asks if she can join him, and he says sure. While they drink their coffee they discuss music and bond over their love of Neil Young's music. She tells him that she's his biggest fan. She then starts talking about a Grateful Dead show she recently went to, and Brady tells her that he and his girlfriend went to the same show. Lexi asks if that girl he was at the cafe with previously is his girlfriend, and Brady confirms it. She says that's too bad before getting up and leaving the cafe.
Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) is invited to a party by some of her classmates. She really wants to go, but she already had made plans with Brady. She tells them she doesn't think she can go, but thanks them for the invite. She then meets Brady outside of the cafe. She tells him about the party invitation, and Brady encourages her to go have fun with her classmates, saying that she doesn't need to spend all of her time with him. He can always get some work done. Celeste gives Brady a kiss and goes to meet up with her classmates.
Brady heads into the Rolling Stone offices where he is greeted by the office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) as she is on her way out for the day. She invites him out for drinks that night and gives him the name of the bar. Brdy thanks her and tells her that he'll meet her there. The office is mostly empty at the time aside from Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Jann is excited to see him and asks him to step into his office. Jann asks Brady if he's familiar with the singer Darrell Banks. Brady asks if that is the guy who sings "Open the Door to Your Heart", which Jann confirms and then explains that the singer was shot and killed by a cop in Detroit who had been sleeping with Banks' girlfriend at the time. Jann says it's a whole big can of worms, but since Banks is so revered in the northern soul community there should probably be an article covering his death in the magazine. Brady asks when his flight to Detroit is, and Jann tells him he won't be flying anywhere for this one. Since it's not a super high-profile story, there simply isn't room in the budget for him to fly out for all the nitty-gritty. He'll have to hit the phones and look over reports that have already been published and put the piece together that way.
Brady meets up with Kylee and Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) at a nearby bar. A lousy cover band is playing. Brady enjoys having drinks with his new co-workers and getting to know them. Ben tells Brady that he's been trying to get into being a radio disc jockey, but hasn't found a station to bite yet. Brady says that'd be cool, and Kylee says that he better not play anything like the band at the bar.
Meanwhile, Celeste is at a frat party with her classmates. She does a bunch of shots and plays drinking games. A guy hits on her and they start making out. Celeste stops him for a moment as if her conscience is getting to her, but then she continues making out with the guy.
In the morning, Brady calls the Detroit Police Department to get an official statement from them and tries to fish for extra details to no avail. Brady struggles with the article, so he goes to see Celeste at her dorm. When he knocks at the door, Celeste's roommate Kira (Katherine McNamara) tells Brady that she hasn't been around all morning. Brady finds that odd so he goes for a walk around campus. He takes a seat on a bench near the dorm when he sees Celeste walking by. He catches her attention, but she is shocked to see him. He asks her where she's been, and she tells him that she was just out getting breakfast. Brady tells her that he was looking for her since he is having trouble writing the Darrell Banks article. She apologizes and tells him that she has to get ready for a class.
Brady decides to head into the office and just grind the article out and just type everything out and figure out the rest from there. He writes and re-writes all day long. He makes a few more phone calls to get information for the article. He is never completely happy with it, but he understands that he just has to get used to traditional journalism again. He turns the article into one of the editors, Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak). Gleason looks it over and refers to it as very factual. Brady gives him a nod and starts to walk away, when Gleason stops him and asks him what it feels like to be a regular journalist again. Brady says it's not bad.
Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) is invited to a party by some of her classmates. She really wants to go, but she already had made plans with Brady. She tells them she doesn't think she can go, but thanks them for the invite. She then meets Brady outside of the cafe. She tells him about the party invitation, and Brady encourages her to go have fun with her classmates, saying that she doesn't need to spend all of her time with him. He can always get some work done. Celeste gives Brady a kiss and goes to meet up with her classmates.
Brady heads into the Rolling Stone offices where he is greeted by the office manager Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) as she is on her way out for the day. She invites him out for drinks that night and gives him the name of the bar. Brdy thanks her and tells her that he'll meet her there. The office is mostly empty at the time aside from Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman). Jann is excited to see him and asks him to step into his office. Jann asks Brady if he's familiar with the singer Darrell Banks. Brady asks if that is the guy who sings "Open the Door to Your Heart", which Jann confirms and then explains that the singer was shot and killed by a cop in Detroit who had been sleeping with Banks' girlfriend at the time. Jann says it's a whole big can of worms, but since Banks is so revered in the northern soul community there should probably be an article covering his death in the magazine. Brady asks when his flight to Detroit is, and Jann tells him he won't be flying anywhere for this one. Since it's not a super high-profile story, there simply isn't room in the budget for him to fly out for all the nitty-gritty. He'll have to hit the phones and look over reports that have already been published and put the piece together that way.
Brady meets up with Kylee and Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler) at a nearby bar. A lousy cover band is playing. Brady enjoys having drinks with his new co-workers and getting to know them. Ben tells Brady that he's been trying to get into being a radio disc jockey, but hasn't found a station to bite yet. Brady says that'd be cool, and Kylee says that he better not play anything like the band at the bar.
Meanwhile, Celeste is at a frat party with her classmates. She does a bunch of shots and plays drinking games. A guy hits on her and they start making out. Celeste stops him for a moment as if her conscience is getting to her, but then she continues making out with the guy.
In the morning, Brady calls the Detroit Police Department to get an official statement from them and tries to fish for extra details to no avail. Brady struggles with the article, so he goes to see Celeste at her dorm. When he knocks at the door, Celeste's roommate Kira (Katherine McNamara) tells Brady that she hasn't been around all morning. Brady finds that odd so he goes for a walk around campus. He takes a seat on a bench near the dorm when he sees Celeste walking by. He catches her attention, but she is shocked to see him. He asks her where she's been, and she tells him that she was just out getting breakfast. Brady tells her that he was looking for her since he is having trouble writing the Darrell Banks article. She apologizes and tells him that she has to get ready for a class.
Brady decides to head into the office and just grind the article out and just type everything out and figure out the rest from there. He writes and re-writes all day long. He makes a few more phone calls to get information for the article. He is never completely happy with it, but he understands that he just has to get used to traditional journalism again. He turns the article into one of the editors, Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak). Gleason looks it over and refers to it as very factual. Brady gives him a nod and starts to walk away, when Gleason stops him and asks him what it feels like to be a regular journalist again. Brady says it's not bad.
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