Main Cast: Kirstie Alley, Amy Brenneman, Saffron Burrows, Angus MacFadyen, Kathy Najimy, James Wilder, Bridgette Wilson
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 108 minutes
Plot
A woman fleeing the man in her life discovers a city of women in this revisionist western. Chrysty (Amy Brenneman) is passing through the Nevada desert when she happens upon the small town of Silver, currently populated entirely by women and children, while the men in the community are gone -- working on a dam building project. When Chrysty discovers June (Bridgette Wilson) alone and in labor, she helps her as she gives birth; Chrysty opts to stay around, and she takes a job delivering milk. Silver is ruled by McGill (Kirstie Alley), the village's self-appointed sheriff who doesn't trust Chrysty; McGill discovers that Chrysty is actually an Idaho housewife running away from her husband, West (Angus MacFadyen). However, June's husband Rip (James Wilder), back in town after the birth of a child that may not be his and troubled by his wife's chronic infidelity, has fallen in love with Chrysty, and when West arrives to Silver to retrieve his spouse, Rip opts to fight for her hand. Nevada also features Saffron Burrows as June's sister-in-law, and Dee Wallace Stone and Kathy Najimy as a rough-and-tumble lesbian couple. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Dawn Ferry - Art Director, Marilyn Black - Casting, Kirstie Alley - Co-producer, Gabrielle Anwar - Co-producer, Amy Brenneman - Co-producer, Thomas D. Adelman - Co-producer, Susan Shapiro - Co-producer, Wendy Range Rao - Costume Designer, Rachel Ricciardi - Costume Designer, Sam Hill - First Assistant Director, Gary Tieche - Director, Rebecca Ross - Editor, Carl-Jan Colpaert - Executive Producer, H. Michael Heuser - Executive Producer, Susan Shapiro - Line Producer, Dead Can Dance - Composer (Music Score), Robert Perry - Composer (Music Score), Bryce Perrin - Production Designer, Nancy Schreiber - Cinematographer, Kathryn Arnold - Producer, Jon Ailetcher - Sound/Sound Designer, Gary Tieche - Screenwriter, Jill Silverthorne - Production Supervisor
Nevada is a 1997 film starring Amy Brenneman and directed by Gary Tieche.
Plot
Brennan plays "Chrysty", a woman with a past who arrives on foot to the small town of Silver City, Nevada. There, she meets the women of the town, all but one of whom accept her. However, "McGill", played by Kirstie Alley, is suspicious, and doesn't stop until she discovers Chrysty's past. McGill finds out Chrysty's telephone number, and calls her home, to find out that Chrysty left behind her husband and three children in Idaho. She tells her husband where she is so he can come and pick her up. Meanwhile, Chrysty, who had planned on continuing, finds herself settling into the town, getting a job and a house. When her husband arrives with the children, she explains why she ran away, and they all accept that and go home. At that time, Chrysty also decides to move on, and leaves behind her new friends.