Gas Food Lodging
“When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.”
1992•R•1h 41m•6.2•Released
DramaRomance
Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.
Director
Allison Anders
Writer
Allison Anders
Revenue
$1M
Languages
Spanish, English
Studio
Cineville
Cast
Brooke Adams
Nora
Ione Skye
Trudi
Fairuza Balk
Shade
James Brolin
John Evans
Robert Knepper
Dank
David Lansbury
Hamlet
Jacob Vargas
Javier
Donovan Leitch
Darius
Chris Mulkey
Raymond
Laurie O'Brien
Thelma
Julie Condra
Tanya
Adam Biesk
Brett
Leigh Hamilton
Kim
Diane Behrens
Hostess
J. Mascis
Cecil
Production
Company
Cineville
Producer
William Ewart
Producer
Dan Hassid
Producer
Seth Willenson
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