Cadillac Ranch (1996)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Lisa Gottlieb

Writer:

Jennifer Cecil (writer)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

Three sisters (Suzy Amis, Renee Humphrey, Caroleen Feeney) abandoned by their father (Jim Metzler) when they were very young...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Jim Metzler	...	Travis Crowley
Joe Stevens	...	Leroy
Bill Wise	...	Hippie Artist
Ashley Coe	...	Young C.J.
Renee Olstead	...	Young Mary Katherine
Hillary Van Scoy	...	Young Frances
Doyle Carter	...	Bailiff
Suzy Amis	...	C.J. Crowley
William Earl Ray	...	Judge
Robert Fieldsteel	...	C.J.'s Attorney
Renée Humphrey	...	Mary Katherine Crowley
Caroleen Feeney	...	Frances Crowley
Barbara Lasater	...	Mother
Jennifer Cecil	...	Bridal Shower Photographer
Brad Leland	...	Booking Deputy
Chamblee Ferguson	...	Cody Nolan
Christopher Lloyd	...	Wood Grimes
Sage Schlater	...	Jasmine
Ray Benson	...	Lou
Sarah Cecil	...	Woman Making Out
Charles Mooneyhan	...	Man #1
Wally Welch	...	Man #2
Gary Carter	...	Sergeant Polk
Linden Ashby	...	Beau
Richard Dillard	...	Captain Steadlin
Charles Solomon Jr.	...	Bartender (as Charles Solomon)
Kenneth Tigar	...	Clown (as Ken Tigar)

Directed by
Lisa Gottlieb

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jennifer Cecil		writer

Produced by
Chip Duncan	....	executive producer
J. Todd Harris	....	producer
Harvey Kahn	....	producer

Cinematography by
Bruce Douglas Johnson

Casting by
Cathy Henderson

Production Design by
John Huke

Costume Design by
Kari Perkins

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ed Cathell III	....	first assistant director
Brian Steward	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Randy Severs	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Patrick Fox	....	utility sound
Patrick M. Griffith	....	supervising sound editor
John Kohlbrenner	....	sound effects editor
Manny Leyva	....	boom operator
Benjamin Patrick	....	sound mixer
David 'Sharkey' Pruger	....	sound mixer: Los Angeles
Stephen P. Robinson	....	dialog editor
Stephen P. Robinson	....	sound effects
Christopher Sposa	....	boom operator: Los Angeles
Debby VanPoucke	....	sound editor (1997)

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Bango	....	assistant camera
Steve Belsky	....	gaffer
Buzzy Burwell	....	best boy electric
Sean Devine	....	key grip
David Eubank	....	first assistant camera
Dan Hertzog	....	film loader
Christopher Wiggins	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Virginia Adams	....	casting assistant
Barbara Brinkley	....	local casting

Transportation Department
Phil Schriber	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Amy Chance	....	production coordinator
Vicki V. Johnson	....	key set medic
Laura King	....	key craft services
Mimi N. McGreal	....	assistant production coordinator
Stephanie Pecuch	....	assistant location manager (as Stephanie C. Pecuch)
Debra Sugarman	....	location manager

Production Companies

• BMG Independents
• Davis Entertainment Classics

Distributors

• Legacy Releasing Corporation

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some nudity.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Coupland, Texas, USA

Company:

BMG Independents

Quotes:

Mary Catherine: Well, I called Mother. She's still taking parenting tips from Joan Crawford.

Never a dull--or quiet--moment

Some will compare this movie to 'Thelma and Louise' but it is no imitation and succeeds on its own terms. It concerns three aggressively colorful sisters from Texas (Suzy Amis, Caroleen Feeny and Renee Humphrey) who go on an odyssey to find out the truth about their father's disappearance from their lives. To say the least, they have "issues" with each other and their daddy's memory and these are hashed out long and loud throughout the film. The quest has something to do with that strange iconic piece of concept art in the Texas desert, the Cadillac Ranch. Throw in an evil ex-Texas Ranger who's after them and a cowboy poet who's enamored with one of the women and you have a pretty wild time.

There's never a dull moment in this flick, or at least not a quiet one. The script at times threatens to get just too clever and the characters also get a little too full of themselves occasionally, but I bought into the whole thing. The movie is as much a comedy as an adventure, and reactions to it will probably be love or hate. The three leading women and Christopher Lloyd as the bad ex-lawman give engaging performances. The movie was written and directed by women but this will not fit anyone's stereotype of a "chick flick." It reminded me of something that Beth Henley might come up with if she got a little silly and gave her characters a bit more mental health.