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Actors: Brooke Adams, Lone Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Gas Food Lodging |
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In the desert of New Mexico,a single mother and waitress named Nora (Adams) is raising her two teenage daughters, Trudi (Skye) and Shade (Balk). The two girls want nothing more than to leave the dead end town. The youngest daughter Shade is a dreamer who escapes into her fantasies while Trudi rebels against everything and everyone, especially her mother. Shade tries to find a boyfriend for her mother whom she believes is extremely lonely but ends up setting her up with a lover from her past named John (Brolin). The lives of the mother and her daughters change drastically when Trudi falls in love and then gets pregnant by an archaeologist passing through town who promises to come back for her but doesn't. Ironically the crisis brings the family closer together.
(This movie is based on the novel by Richard Peck)
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Gas Food Lodging |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- fighting with parents
Parent(s) gone?
- Dada gone
Age group
- trouble in high school
Sexing?
- engorged w/ fetus
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- waitor/waitress
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Desert?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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