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Gas Food Lodging

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Gas Food Lodging
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R,1hr 41min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1992
Director:
Allison Anders
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk  ...more
Synopsis: Based on a novel by Richard Peck called Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, Allison Anders's melodramatic coming-of-age tale Gas Food Lodging takes place in Laramie, NM, a small town right off the highway. Nora (Brooke Adams) is a truck-stop waitress who lives in a trailer park with her two teenaged daughters, Trudi (Ione Skye) and Shade (Fairuza Balk). While Trudi sleeps around and defies her mother, Shade spends her time at the local cinema and wishes she could have a dad like a normal family. One day, ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
Gas Food Lodging tells a very simple story about a family that could live off the exit ramp of just about any highway in America. Narrated by Shade (Fairuza Balk), its works well as an lighthearted slice-of-life movie about a teenager stuck in a stifling small town with relatively no means of escape. The characters are all well realized, with the relationship between mother Nora (Brooke Adams) and ... Full Review
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Brooke Adams
Nora
Ione Skye
Trudi
Fairuza Balk
Shade
James Brolin
John Evans
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