Gas Food Lodging
When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.
1992 | 101m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Allison Anders |
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| Writer: | Allison Anders, Richard Peck |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 10, 1992 |
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| Director: | Allison Anders |
| Writer: | Allison Anders, Richard Peck |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | sibling relationship, waitress, parent child relationship, new mexico, coming of age, diner, single mother, teenage daughter, unwanted pregnancy, woman director, mother daughter relationship |
| Production Companies | Cineville |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,345,236
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tiffany Anders | Persi |
| Sissy Boyd | Rocio |
| Jeffrey McDonald | Long Haired Boy |
| Bill Kemp | Jock |
| Graci Lund | Girl |
| Shirley Smith | Bubbly Mother |
| Carmen Gonzalez | Mexican Woman |
| Mariah O'Brien | Ivy |
| Cathryn Balk | Shopkeeper |
| George R. Parker | Trucker |
| Jeff Miller | Rock Boy |
| Michael Gillis | Young John Evans |
| M. Eisel | Baby Shade |
| Josie Lynne Adams | Trudi at 2 Years |
| Sparky | Family Puppy |
| Nina Belanger | Elvia Rivero |
| Julia Vera | Madre |
| Carlos Rivas | Padre |
| Carlos Augusto Cestero | Husband |
| Rocio Segura | Young Nun |
| Leonard Leal | Stylish Man |
| Vivis Colombetti | Gossip |
| Marabina Jaimes | Housewife |
| Hamlet Arman | Man at Picnic |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Allison Anders | Director, Screenplay |
| Sharon Bialy | Casting |
| Debi Manwiller | Casting |
| Richard Peck | Novel |
| Jeff Kirshbaum | Location Manager, Transportation Coordinator |
| Sam McCutchen | Transportation Captain |
| Jeff Miller | Production Assistant |
| Fabio Fernandez | Production Assistant |
| Tom Wages | Production Assistant |
| Pavel Cantu | Storyboard Artist |
| Anita Ingle | Still Photographer |
| Dina Juntila | Casting Assistant |
| Janet Cunningham | Casting |
| C.J. Wells | Casting Assistant |
| Christy Sheldon | Stand In |
| Robert Strauss | Post Production Coordinator |
| Pamela Choules | First Assistant Editor |
| Paul Coyne | Assistant Editor |
| Gerald R. Heppler | Assistant Editor |
| Phillip Linson | ADR Supervisor |
| Leonard Marcel | Sound Designer |
| Peter S. Carlstedt | Dialogue Editor |
| Greg Conway | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jim Gillam | Sound Recordist, Sound Effects Editor |
| Wayne Anderson | Sound Recordist |
| Larayne Decoeur | Assistant Sound Designer |
| Dean Lent | Director of Photography |
| Tracy Granger | Editor |
| Jane Ann Stewart | Production Design |
| Lisa Denker | Art Direction |
| Carla Weber | Art Direction |
| Susan L. Bertram | Costume Design |
| Albert T. Dickerson III | Line Producer |
| Richard Pagano | Casting |
| Stephen R. Brown | Boom Operator |
| Matthew J. Clark | First Assistant Director |
| Rosemary C. Cremona | Second Assistant Director |
| Jim Goldthwait | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Gillis | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Michael K. Millikan | First Assistant Camera |
| Carmen Bailey | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lorelei Loverde | Key Hair Stylist, Key Makeup Artist |
| Kim Chuisano | Assistant Hairstylist, Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Yvette Walsh | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Susan P. McCarthy | Property Master |
| Marty Meeks | Set Dresser |
| Kate Lewis | Script Supervisor |
| Cari Schaefer | Production Coordinator |
| Chuck Smith | Gaffer |
| Gregory M. Maselli | Key Grip |
| Jeff Turner | Grip |
| David Dowell | Best Boy Grip |
| Richard Eric Lopez | Electrician |
| Jeff DeLucia | Electrician |
| Clifford 'Kip' Gynn | Production Sound Mixer |
| Steve Christopher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Trudy Yee | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Stanley Kastner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Brion Pacassi | Sound Recordist |
| Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| Linda Corbin | Foley Mixer |
| Joan Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Kevin Benson | Music Supervisor |
| Jerry Ross | Music Supervisor |
| Jim Cypherd | Sound Engineer |
| J. Mascis | Original Music Composer |
| Barry Adamson | Orchestrator |
| Tim Monich | Dialect Coach |
| David Jobe | Foley Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Carl Colpaert | Executive Producer |
| William Ewart | Producer |
| Dan Hassid | Producer |
| Seth Willenson | Producer |
| Christoph Henkel | Executive Producer |
| Gregor von Bismarck | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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