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Gas Food Lodging

Gas Food Lodging

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Gas Food Lodging

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

1992

1h 41m

6.3(74 votes)

Drama

Romance

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Allison Anders
Written by: Allison Anders
Produced by: William Ewart
Dan Hassid

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