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Overview

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5.8/10   299 votes
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Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writer:

Michael Ventura (writer)

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Release Date:

25 July 1986 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Tagline:

Reality is for dreamers.

Plot:

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everyone is more than they initially seem. May waits tables... more | add synopsis

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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)

D.W. Griffith in California
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 10 November 2009, 5:00 PM, PST)

London Film Festival: Passenger Side
 (From t5m.com. 6 October 2009, 8:33 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Great film and didn't anyone notice the pictures? more (10 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Susan Dey ... May

Tom Hulce ... Jonathan

Michael Bowen ... August
Christopher Walker ... Henry
Shirley Jo Finney ... Gloria
Heinrich Schweiger ... August's father

Cheech Marin ... Syd
John Paragon ... Hugo

Cassandra Peterson ... Sheri

Timothy Carey ... Vinnie
Martin Suppan ... Austrian consul

Robert R. Shafer ... Commercial director
Dorothy Dells ... Consulate secretary
Yana Nirvana ... Woman in bar
Paul Anselmo ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | Austria

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Sascha-Verleih more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Final feature film of Timothy Carey. more

Goofs:

Continuity: May's cigarette when she's on the stairs of her house. more

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The Need more


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Great film and didn't anyone notice the pictures?, 18 February 2003
10/10
Author: BrainyBlonde from cali/chicago

Excellent film, great cast and didn't anyone notice the pictures that were put in there on purpose (yet done in a subtle way) Like the photos of "Elvira" on the wall in the apartment (when the actress who played Elvira was also in the film sans the black wig.... Or when Tom Hulce and the boy went to deliver the pizza and Hulce stopped briefly to pause to look at the photo of Wolfgang Amadeus on the wall of the house? (Hulce was nominated for an academy award for his depiction of Amadeus two years earlier before this film)

I really thought the writing was superb too and ...God it even made me miss Los Angeles!

I give this film a 9 out of 10. I hadn't seen it since my teens when it came out and was so glad to get to see it again on cable.

I highly recommend it...an intelligent well directed pic for all.

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