"midnight, february 15, 2001.
she smiles at me from across the living room, looking at me like she isn't sure why i'm there.
and so it begins."
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in which a small-time model buys a singer-songwriter his first legal drink, thus beginning a complic...
She spends her free time attempting to ward away the artists who pay her to undress for them, - as well as partying as hard as she can, for as long as she can.
Conor Oberst is trying to seem okay.
He's making plenty of music, and that should be all that matters. Not the fact that winter depresses him, that he drinks to stay sane, and that maybe, - just maybe, - he might actually be sick.
When the two meet at a party on the eve of Conor's twenty-first birthday, Summer figures it's her duty to take Conor out for a drink. But that night stays with the two of them long after the sun comes up.
Even if both of them are dying, Summer makes Conor feel alive. She makes him want to write honest-to-god love songs.
Problem is that Summer is everyone's muse, and Conor's just her drinking buddy.
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Abbey Lee Kershaw as Summer Dawn Stevens
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"So what if almost every artistic boy in the city has seen me naked? I can play hard-to-get with the best of them."
Conor Oberst as himself
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"You're beautiful, Summer. You know that, so it probably doesn't matter to you, but I've gotta tell you, 'cause it's making me sick. You are so beautiful that it hurts me."
featuring...
Liv Tyler as Julia "Julie" Russo
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"I used to date a musician. Very mainstream... you'd hate him."
Jeff Goldblum as Professor John Stewart
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"Good work, Miss Stevens."
TRIGGER WARNINGS: eating disorders, alcohol, drugs, depression, sexual content.
