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Director:
Darren Stein
Writers:
Catherine Eads (writer) &
Darren Stein (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 March 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Inside this "dog" is a good movie trying to get out. more (13 total)

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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content and language.
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Runtime:
96 min | USA:90 min (video version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Iceland:12 | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Company:
Cliffjack Motion Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Melba's earrings disappear and reappear between shots at the end of the movie. more
Quotes:
[Melba's answering machine]
Melba: Hello! It's a beautiful day! There's gonna be a beep, and you talk to it. Okay? And... okay!
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Soundtrack:
Cretin more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Inside this "dog" is a good movie trying to get out., 13 July 2001
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Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"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.

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