Rolling Stone - The Changeling
Genre: Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: D.R. Cobb
Based on the Rolling Stone magazine
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Aimee Teegarden, Karl Glusman, James Urbaniak, Alicia Witt, Lou Taylor Pucci, Ross Butler, John C. McGinley and Matthew Perry
Plot: July 1971. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is starting to pack up his belongings to clear out his desk at UC Berkeley when his boss Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley) asks to speak with him. Smalling asks Conroy if he's made a decision on whether he's going to be a rock and roll journalist or a professor of journalism. Conroy said he hasn't really thought about it recently since he's enjoying how things are now. Smalling tells Conroy that he doesn't like his educators only having their toes dipped in academia. Conroy asks what exactly Smalling is getting at. Smalling tells him that he wants Conroy back for the fall semester, but after that he only wants Conroy on the staff in a full-time capacity. Conroy asks when he needs to decide by, and Smalling tells him that he needs to know by the start of the fall semester.
Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) is in the last session of her creative writing class under Professor Leonard (Matthew Perry). He tells the class that they may be adjourning for the summer, but he has set up a public reading for the class at a cafe in the city. He tells them that he expects them all to be there and he expects them all to bring their best work to share with everyone. When Celeste gets home, she starts going through her notebooks finding something suitable to present at the class reading.
Brady and his brother Jimmy (Lou Taylor Pucci) stay up late drinking. Brady tells Jimmy about his meeting with Dean Smalling, and Jimmy asks Brady what he plans on doing. Brady admits that he doesn't have a clue, so it's good that he has a few months left to figure it all out. Brady changes the subject and asks Jimmy what his plans are for work. Jimmy says that he took a lot of great pictures when at the commune and following the Dead around. He has been developing them and just has to figure out what to do with them.
The next morning, Brady and Jimmy are passed out in the living room when Celeste wakes them up. She tells them that Jim Morrison is dead. Brady is especially stunned since The Doors are his favorite band. She tells them that the announcement on the radio said that he died nearly a week ago in France. Brady asks if it was a drug overdose like Hendrix and Joplin. Celeste says that the report said it was natural causes, but that seems fishy at 27 years old. The phone begins ringing. Brady answers it. Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) is on the other end, telling him to get to Rolling Stone offices urgently.
When Brady arrives at the offices to find a hectic environment. Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) greets him and tells him that the late announcement of Morrison's death has thrown the entire next issue into a flux just before it went to the printers. Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) tells Brady that there is a lot to be done in a very short amount of time in order to have a new cover story about Morrison for the new issue. He tells Brady that Wenner is already at work on the obituary, but they need quotes, background information, everything else to fill things out. Gleason tells Brady to check in with Fong-Torres for specific work that needs to be done. Brady goes to the desk of Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler), who gives a stack of numbers. Ben says to call the numbers and ask each person for a statement, a story, a comment, anything they are willing to divulge to Rolling Stone magazine about Morrison. Brady is exhausted by all the calls, but once he gets through the list he hands his stack of notes to Wenner.
Brady gets home late that night to find Jimmy hanging up several recently developed photographs. Brady notices that they are all of Lexi and Mary Jane in sexual acts. Brady jokes that his brother sure has an eye for smut. Jimmy says that it isn't all drum circles on the commune, sometimes it's watching two women having sex next to a hippie clown in a tipi. Brady comments that it doesn't seem like the kind of place their mother would feel at home in. Jimmy suggests they drive out to the commune soon to check on her.
Plot: July 1971. Brady Conroy (Josh Hartnett) is starting to pack up his belongings to clear out his desk at UC Berkeley when his boss Dean Alan Smalling (John C. McGinley) asks to speak with him. Smalling asks Conroy if he's made a decision on whether he's going to be a rock and roll journalist or a professor of journalism. Conroy said he hasn't really thought about it recently since he's enjoying how things are now. Smalling tells Conroy that he doesn't like his educators only having their toes dipped in academia. Conroy asks what exactly Smalling is getting at. Smalling tells him that he wants Conroy back for the fall semester, but after that he only wants Conroy on the staff in a full-time capacity. Conroy asks when he needs to decide by, and Smalling tells him that he needs to know by the start of the fall semester.
Celeste (Aimee Teegarden) is in the last session of her creative writing class under Professor Leonard (Matthew Perry). He tells the class that they may be adjourning for the summer, but he has set up a public reading for the class at a cafe in the city. He tells them that he expects them all to be there and he expects them all to bring their best work to share with everyone. When Celeste gets home, she starts going through her notebooks finding something suitable to present at the class reading.
Brady and his brother Jimmy (Lou Taylor Pucci) stay up late drinking. Brady tells Jimmy about his meeting with Dean Smalling, and Jimmy asks Brady what he plans on doing. Brady admits that he doesn't have a clue, so it's good that he has a few months left to figure it all out. Brady changes the subject and asks Jimmy what his plans are for work. Jimmy says that he took a lot of great pictures when at the commune and following the Dead around. He has been developing them and just has to figure out what to do with them.
The next morning, Brady and Jimmy are passed out in the living room when Celeste wakes them up. She tells them that Jim Morrison is dead. Brady is especially stunned since The Doors are his favorite band. She tells them that the announcement on the radio said that he died nearly a week ago in France. Brady asks if it was a drug overdose like Hendrix and Joplin. Celeste says that the report said it was natural causes, but that seems fishy at 27 years old. The phone begins ringing. Brady answers it. Jann Wenner (Karl Glusman) is on the other end, telling him to get to Rolling Stone offices urgently.
When Brady arrives at the offices to find a hectic environment. Kylee Hargrove (Alicia Witt) greets him and tells him that the late announcement of Morrison's death has thrown the entire next issue into a flux just before it went to the printers. Ralph J. Gleason (James Urbaniak) tells Brady that there is a lot to be done in a very short amount of time in order to have a new cover story about Morrison for the new issue. He tells Brady that Wenner is already at work on the obituary, but they need quotes, background information, everything else to fill things out. Gleason tells Brady to check in with Fong-Torres for specific work that needs to be done. Brady goes to the desk of Ben Fong-Torres (Ross Butler), who gives a stack of numbers. Ben says to call the numbers and ask each person for a statement, a story, a comment, anything they are willing to divulge to Rolling Stone magazine about Morrison. Brady is exhausted by all the calls, but once he gets through the list he hands his stack of notes to Wenner.
Brady gets home late that night to find Jimmy hanging up several recently developed photographs. Brady notices that they are all of Lexi and Mary Jane in sexual acts. Brady jokes that his brother sure has an eye for smut. Jimmy says that it isn't all drum circles on the commune, sometimes it's watching two women having sex next to a hippie clown in a tipi. Brady comments that it doesn't seem like the kind of place their mother would feel at home in. Jimmy suggests they drive out to the commune soon to check on her.
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