d rama ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Adam ▁Coll is ▁for ▁ 2 0 th ▁Century ▁Fox . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Rand all ▁Jah n son , ▁who ▁previously ▁exam ined ▁the ▁rock ▁scene ▁in ▁his ▁scripts ▁for ▁The ▁Do ors ▁and ▁D udes , ▁and ▁he ▁and ▁Russell ▁De G raz ier ▁adapted ▁the ▁story ▁into ▁a ▁screen play . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁during ▁one ▁ 2 4 - hour ▁period ▁on ▁Los ▁Angeles ' s ▁f amed ▁Sun set ▁St rip , ▁where ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁young ▁people ▁are ▁about ▁to ▁change ▁forever . ▁Anna ▁Fri el ▁stars ▁as ▁Tam my ▁Franklin , ▁a ▁cl othing ▁designer , ▁and ▁Nick ▁St ahl ▁plays ▁Zach , ▁a ▁nov ice ▁guitar ist ; ▁J ared ▁Let o ▁stars ▁as ▁Glen ▁Walker , ▁an ▁up - and - coming ▁country ▁ro cker . ▁Simon ▁Baker , ▁Adam ▁Gold berg , ▁R ory ▁C och rane ▁and ▁Tommy ▁Fl an agan ▁also ▁feature . ▁The ▁film ▁began ▁shooting ▁on ▁November ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁and ▁ended ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Sun set ▁St rip ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁music ▁industry ▁artists , ▁all ▁in ▁the ▁span ▁of ▁ 2 4 ▁hours ▁on ▁the ▁Sun set ▁St rip ▁in ▁Hollywood . ▁Michael ▁secret ly ▁p ines ▁for ▁Tam my . ▁She ▁is ▁busy ▁sleep ing ▁with