--- title: 'Ask the Dust (2006)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Towne' released: '2006-03-17' runtime_minutes: 112 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ask-the-dust-2006' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384814/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Ask the Dust (2006) 2006 · 112 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film based on the 1939 book Ask the Dust by John Fante. The film was written and directed by Robert Towne, and was his final film. Tom Cruise served as one of the film's producers. The film was released on a limited basis on March 17, 2006, and was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. It was filmed almost entirely in South Africa with the use of stages to portray Los Angeles. ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-towne) - **Screenplay:** [Robert Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-towne) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ramin Djawadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramin-djawadi) - **Producer:** [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise), [Paula Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-wagner) - **Director of Photography:** [Caleb Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-deschanel) ## Cast - [Salma Hayek](https://cinepixo.com/people/salma-hayek) - [William Mapother](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-mapother) - [Idina Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/idina-menzel) - [Justin Kirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-kirk) - [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland) - [Eileen Atkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-atkins) - [Tamara Craig Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-craig-thomas) - [Colin Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-farrell-2) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ask-the-dust-2006 Film facts: Wikidata (Q730857); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.