L.A. Story

Steve Martin wrote and stars in this look at the promise and dreamtime of Los Angeles culture. Martin stars as Harris K. Telemacher, a light-hearted television weatherman who does wacky comedy in lieu of reports since, being in LA, he has very little weather to report. He spends his time roller-skating through museums and spending time with California's beautiful people. But Telemacher is fired and discovers that his girlfriend Trudi ( Marilu Henner ) is having an affair. He walks away from the relationship and re-evaluates his life, getting advice from a friendly electronic highway road sign. The sign suggests that he call SanDeE* ( Sarah Jessica Parker ), a sprightly and attractive Valley Girl he met in a clothing store. With SaDeE* he experiences a liberating and carefree spirit. But Telemacher comes to realize that he has actually fallen in love with Sara ( Victoria Tennant ), a tuba-playing British journalist who is in California to do a feature on Los Angeles lifestyles. — Paul Brenner