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Echo Park
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Director:
Writer:
Michael Ventura (writer)
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Release Date:
25 July 1986 (USA) more
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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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Rock stars storm the movie soundtrack world
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D.W. Griffith in California
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a weird sweet feeling.. 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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88 min
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August has an Elvira poster on his wall. Elvira is played by Cassandra Peterson, who also appears in the film. more
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Continuity: May's cigarette when she's on the stairs of her house. more
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3 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
a weird sweet feeling.., 6 January 2004
8/10
Author: kommanderprix from Vienna

..is written in this film. between the plot of struggling with the American dream, where at the end friendship wins the day and the 80th flair, including soundtrack and a cheap dim TV-footage, a midget art piece can be found. German synchronous version is the icing on the cake! enjoy!

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