Niagara, Niagara (1997)

An outsider and a young woman plagued by Tourette's syndrome meet and together journey to Canada.

Director:

Bob Gosse

Writer:

Matthew Weiss

Stars:

Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robin Tunney	...	Marcy
Henry Thomas	...	Seth
Michael Parks	...	Walter
Stephen Lang	...	Claude
John MacKay	...	Seth's Father
Alan Pottinger	...	Sanitation Lot Cop
Sol Frieder	...	Pawnbroker
Candy Clark	...	Sally
Andrew L. Phillips	...	Sally's Policeman
Jeffrey Howard	...	Liquor Store Clerk
Shawn Hatosy	...	Lead High School Punk
Adam Lauricella	...	High School Punk #2 (as Adam T. Lauricella)
Jaime Lynn O'Hara	...	High School Girl
John Ventimiglia	...	Doug
Clea DuVall	...	Convenience Store Clerk

Storyline

"Niagra, Niagra" begins quietly in a drugstore in Poughkeepsie, where Marcie, the film's disarming heroine, likes to shoplift. She literally crashes into Seth, a quiet outsider, also on a shoplifting spree. Marcie invites Seth to accompany her to Canada to find a black hairstyling head. They set off in Seth's beat-up station wagon, destined for a toy store in Toronto. While on the road, Marcie confides to Seth that she has Tourette's syndrome, necessitating a series of detours to liquor stories and pharmacies along the roads of upstate New York.

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Plot Keywords:

doll | pharmacy | canada | pharmacist | police | 

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Taglines:

Love can't be controlled.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality, substance abuse and strong language

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Highland, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$40,224 (USA) (27 March 1998)

Gross:

$168,462 (USA) (10 April 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shooting Gallery

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Kate Winslet and 'Juliette Lewis' turned down the role of Marcy.

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Goofs

The second time Seth goes into the store he is wearing black pants but by the time he is in the middle of the store he is wearing khaki pants.

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Connections

References Star Wars (1977)

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Soundtracks

"Not Alone"
Written and Performed by Patty Griffin

User Reviews

Great performances, especially by Michael Park

There are many things to admire about this film, but the thing that got me above all others was the part of an eccentric recluse, the sort of role that Hollywood loves & romanticizes but which here is absolutely convincing & unlike any character I've encounterd in film or in life. Also a very convincing & disturbing depiction of Tourete's syndrome