Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sherrie Rose | ... | Jane | |
Jason Hall | ... | Bartender | |
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Bret Domrose | ... | Announcer, Dogstar / Himself |
Patrick Dempsey | ... | Fast Eddie | |
Melissa Behr | ... | Will | |
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Joey Jones | ... | Afterhours Bartender |
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Ognian Drandiyski | ... | Afterhours Pothead |
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Shane Clark | ... | Partier |
Billy Wirth | ... | Charlie | |
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Freddy Savino | ... | Orderly (as Fred Sauvignon) |
Johnny Whitworth | ... | Fred | |
Seymour Cassel | ... | Roy | |
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Brittney Williams | ... | Young Jane |
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Lisa Lacrosse | ... | Trailer Blonde |
Peter Fonda | ... | Easy Rider clip (archive footage) |
Jane and Will are familiar faces on the Los Angeles club scene. They meet officially at drug rehab after Jane OD'ed and Will crashed her motorcycle while driving stoned. They hit it off immediately and escape the clinic to travel to Montana and find the bike from Easy Rider (1969). Different from most road movies in that no one gets murdered, and no vengeance is reaped. On the contrary, the characters let their pasts and memories lead them down the road to emotional self-destruction. In other words, there is no seductive emancipation here, just people with problems that won't go away with a rev of a motor. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com
I stumbled across this film on the Sundance Channel one night and got hooked right away. It's a simply told, yet amazingly powerful and affecting story about two women who find a common bond, form a friendship and take to the open road on their motorcycles for a journey on which both will confront a few of their personal demons, leading to a poignant yet somewhat uplifting conclusion.
I'm surprised that this movie never made it to theatres. Sherrie Rose and Melissa Behr were already actresses when they got together to write, direct, and star in this film and I look forward to seeing them get back behind the camera again; they are definitely film-makers to watch out for! I hope this movie gets released on video and DVD so that others can discover this simple yet powerful story. ***stars