US merchant sailor Alex Walker (Kevin Anderson) is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - aging but likable shit Phillip ...
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US merchant sailor Alex Walker (Kevin Anderson) is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - aging but likable shit Phillip Mills (John Lithgow) and young sexy, frustated wife Missy (Rosanna Arquette). The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot circle is closed at Tapachula rail station amidst a stack of mistakes and wrong decisions. Written by Prof Robin Marshall <robin@m2.ph.man.ac.uk>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 September 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Caminhos Errados See more »Company Credits
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Written by Aniceto Diaz
Performed by the Municipal Orchestra of Veracruz
Published by Peer International Corporation
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Missy Mills: [talking to Alex] We're a funny pair, aren't we? I can't go forward, and you can't go back.See more »
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TELEFONO A LARGA DISTANCIAWritten by Aniceto Diaz
Performed by the Municipal Orchestra of Veracruz
Published by Peer International Corporation
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a brilliant film, wonderfully directed by Jim McBride: it breaks all the cheesy corny conventions of the "TV movie", the story swerves and moves and lives just as vibrantly as the characters do, this is one of the better movies I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. The movie transcends genre, the acting is believable, the characters are neither good nor bad, moral nor immoral, human or inhuman, there's a clever combination of all these things which makes them complex and frustrating maybe but never boring.
The acting is amazing, the story has real depth: it might not hit you straight away but the characters show their personality traits, and as a result more and more of themselves as the film goes on.