Gas, Food Lodging
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Gas Food Lodging theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Allison Anders |
| Produced by |
William Ewart Daniel Hassid Seth Willenson |
| Written by |
Richard Peck (novel) Allison Anders |
| Starring |
Brooke Adams Ione Skye Fairuza Balk |
| Music by | J. Mascis |
| Cinematography | Dean Lent |
| Edited by | Tracy Granger |
| Distributed by | Cineville |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Box office |
$1,342,613 Budget = $1.3 million |
$1,342,613
Gas Food Lodging is a 1992 movie directed by Allison Anders about a waitress trying to find romance while raising two daughters in a trailer-park. It stars Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, and Fairuza Balk. The film was adapted from the young adult novel Don't Look and It Won't Hurt by Richard Peck. The title of the film is derived from road signs on American interstate highways directing travelers to those respective service establishments near highway exits.
The film was produced by Cineville and entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.Fairuza Balk won the 1993 Independent Spirit Award for best female lead for her role in this movie.
Nora, (Brooke Adams) a waitress with two teenage daughters, struggles to raise them in a trailer park as a single parent after her husband abandons the family. After repeatedly skipping school to go on dates, Trudi (Ione Skye) quits school and gets a job as a waitress alongside her mother. Meanwhile, young Shade (Fairuza Balk) spends most of her time watching the movies of Mexican film star Elvia Rivero (Nina Belanger) and dreams of finding a new boyfriend for her mother.
After being dumped by the boy she was seeing, Trudi meets Dank (Robert Knepper), a British petrologist, at the restaurant where she's working. They eventually sleep together, and she tells him that her promiscuity is caused by the fact that she lost her virginity in a gang rape perpetuated by local boys she knew. Returning home the following night, her mother informs her that she has one month to find a new home.
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