Directed by:
James MangoldScreenplay:
James MangoldCinematography:
Michael F. BarrowComposer:
Thurston MooreCast:
Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Deborah Harry, Joe Grifasi, David Patrick Kelly, Marian Quinn, J.C. MacKenzie, George Alvarez, Zandy HartigPlots(1)
In upstate New York, seemingly located off the beaten highway, is the roadside tavern, "Pete & Dolly's", where Victor, an introverted, over-weight pizza chef, maintains his daily vigil. Under the domineering sway of his mother, Dolly, Victor cooks her an elaborate breakfast every morning and does whatever else she wants. It amounts to a very passive, out-of-the-mainstream existence. Into this settled little world comes Callie, a beautiful, but directionless, college dropout, whom Victor immediately develops a crush on. Reticent nearly to the point of invisibility, Victor can barely manage to communicate with her, but they casually interact, which stimulates Victor, trapped in his stagnant and empty life, to further obsession. Delores, a veteran, hard-boiled waitress, still sexy and perhaps a little too available, and Leo the barfly, complete the circumscribed universe of the tavern. As circumstances change, conflicts emerge and then erupt, and Victor must face the world around him with a changed perspective and different responsibilities. (Accent Film Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Pruitt Taylor Vince
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
JFK (1991)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Liv Tyler
USA
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look at (1994) (music video)
Deborah Harry
USA
Best movies:
New York Beat Movie (1981)
My Life Without Me (2003)
The Foreigner (1978)
Joe Grifasi
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Sunday (1997)
David Patrick Kelly
USA
Best movies:
K-Pax (2001)
The Crow (1994)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Marian Quinn
USA
Best movies:
Claire Dolan (1998)
Evelyn (2002)
Heavy (1995)
J.C. MacKenzie
Canada
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
George Alvarez
Cuba
Best movies:
Class Act (1992)
Heavy (1995)
Innocent Victims (1996) (TV movie)
Zandy Hartig
Best movies:
Heavy (1995)
Role Models (2008)
The Laundromat (2019)