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Gas Food Lodging

Gas Food Lodging

When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.

19926.31h 41m

Overview

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.

Directed by Allison Anders
Written by Allison Anders, Richard Peck
Produced by William Ewart, Dan Hassid, Seth Willenson
Box Office0Revenue: $1.3M

Top Cast

Brooke Adams

Brooke Adams

Nora

Ione Skye

Ione Skye

Trudi

Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk

Shade

James Brolin

James Brolin

John Evans

Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper

Dank

David Lansbury

David Lansbury

Hamlet

Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

Javier

Donovan Leitch

Donovan Leitch

Darius

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

Raymond

Laurie O'Brien

Laurie O'Brien

Thelma

Themes & Keywords

sibling relationshipwaitressparent child relationshipnew mexicodinercoming of agesingle motherteenage daughterunwanted pregnancywoman directormother daughter relationship

About Gas Food Lodging

Gas Food Lodging is a drama, romance film released in 1992 exploring themes of sibling relationship, waitress, parent child relationship, new mexico, diner, coming of age. Directed by Allison Anders, it stars Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk. 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.

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