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Overview
Release Date:
28 April 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
Fate visits in ways you never expect. morePlot:
Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Dodge RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Highlight of the Magical Desert Genre, Class of 95-98 moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dylan McDermott | ... | Julian Goddard | |
| Nancy Travis | ... | Lucille | |
| James LeGros | ... | Thoreau | |
| Quentin Tarantino | ... | Johnny Destiny | |
| James Belushi | ... | Tuerto | |
| Janet Carroll | ... | Escabel | |
| David Cross | ... | Ralph Dellaposa | |
| Richard Edson | ... | Gage | |
| Bob Goldthwait | ... | Mr. Smith | |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | ... | Dravec | |
| Lisa Jane Persky | ... | Katrina | |
| Sarah Trigger | ... | Francine | |
| Tracey Walter | ... | Pappy | |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Vinnie Vidivici | |
| Ralph Brannen | ... | Henchman |
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Rated R for language.Parents Guide:
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102 minCountry:
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Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Las Vegas, Nevada, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Just my imagination (running away with me) moreFAQ
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"Destiny Turns on the Radio" is an extremely fun trip into a weird mythological netherworld of Las Vegas. It is a film that implements a purposefully corny magical realism to tell a story of an escaped convict rediscovering his destiny.
And magical it is. This film is in a class of a few other 90's films (all of which never really found an audience outside the late-night-Cinemax crowd) that capture a magically bright, giddy, and surreal atmosphere -- this one in a gleeful Las Vegas setting. Its classmates include "Box of Moonlight" and "Mojave Moon".
Despite a few technical flaws (the sound's iffy and so is some blocking -- and I'd lose Tarrantino if this was my film), the movie just works in an odd sort of way. The cast seems to be having a great time (note especially Tracey Walter and James Legros' father-son's-best-friend bonding scenes), the locations and cinematography are dazzling, and it provides an intangible escape into a weird cinematic netherworld. It's as if some portal opened up to these filmmakers in this specific class of the mid-90s and enlightened them all with late-night-Cinemax charm. More, please!