Sparkler (1997)

Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is said to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys - Trent, Brad and Joel traveling to Las Vegas, she decides ... See full summary »

Director:

Darren Stein

Writers:

Catherine Eads, Darren Stein

Stars:

Park Overall, Veronica Cartwright, Don Harvey

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Park Overall	...	Melba May
Veronica Cartwright	...	Dottie Delgato
Don Harvey	...	Flint
Jamie Kennedy	...	Trent
Steven Petrarca	...	Joel
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Brad
Sandy Martin	...	Ed
Grace Zabriskie	...	Sherri
Sheila Tousey	...	Hurricane
Gloria LeRoy	...	Maxine
Glenn Shadix	...	Announcer
Jack Wallace	...	Jesse
Frances Bay	...	Raspy
Bunny Summers	...	Eager Old Lady
Octavia Spencer	...	Wanda

Storyline

Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is said to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys - Trent, Brad and Joel traveling to Las Vegas, she decides they are those kings and joins them on a trip. In Vegas she meets her old high school pal Dottie.

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Plot Keywords:

psychic | trailer park | bar | truck driver | trailer house | 

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Taglines:

If you can't live someplace nice, the next best thing is to live on the way

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Darren Stein (director) Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 March 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Csillagszóró

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,370 (USA) (19 March 1999)

Gross:

$5,494 (USA) (2 April 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cliffjack Motion Pictures, Conspiracy Entertainment (I), Sunshine Filmworks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 90 min (video)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the strip club, Ed and Flint get into a fight. Just before Flint dives off the stage at Ed, you can see that he is not wearing his ball cap. However, when he lands on Ed and starts choking her, you can see he is wearing it again.

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Quotes

Melba: I'm looking for an old friend of mine.
Old Lady: What's her name?
Melba: Dottie Delgato.
Old Lady: Dottie? Well, they all seemed to be named Dottie these days. Dottie, Tammy, Crystal, Vanna - Oh, that's a big one now! Did she have a stage name?
Melba: At the Tropicana I believe they called her Lady Luck.
Old Lady: Lady Luck? That's original. Did, uh, did she play with feathers?
Melba: I don't think so.
Old Lady: Appliances?
Melba: Not to my knowledge. I do believe she did things with a baton.
Old Lady: Oh! Oh, yeah, yeah! Lady Luck, loves to fuck!

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, they play Flint's answering machine messages to Melba telling her to get him out of jail.

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Connections

References The Geraldo Rivera Show (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Cretin"
Written by Jon Williams
Performed by Mount Pilot
Published by Elttilood Publishing (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Doolittle Records

User Reviews

Inside this "dog" is a good movie trying to get out.

"Sparkler" is a shoe string indie shot in Vegas which throws a bunch of characters from a low life trucker and his wife to a three young broke guys from L.A. to a stripper to a drag queen, etc. into the plot and then struggles for coherence. Buried in this mess of nonsense is a somewhat sentimental story trying to get out. Unfortunately, the real story, which Overall (the title character) almost brings to life, is buried so deep in a lame production that's for most it will never be realized. It took a lot of patience to sit through this film and in the final analysis the liabilities outweighed the assets.