Themes: Obsessive Quests, Lovers Reunited, First Love
Main Cast: Josh Charles, Anne Heche, John Goodman, Peter Riegert, Christine Ebersole
Release Year: 1995
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This comedy chronicles the romantic exploits of a rather stodgy young man with a traffic fetish. Even as a child Charlie Dunlap was totally fixated by freeway traffic. Charlie's biggest idol is Alan Davenport, a radio traffic reporter. As a young man, Charlie falls in love with the lively, free-spirited Amy and they become lovers the night before she leaves for college. Their relationship disintegrates during her absence and Charlie ends up moving to LA to be near the great freeways. Even his rundown apartment overlooks the freeway. Single-minded Charlie is determined to get a job working for Alan Davenport, but his efforts to get hired at Metro Traffic are thwarted by an officious employee. He goes to a neighboring cafe and there discovers Amy working as a waitress. When not working, she performs with an experimental dance troupe that stages its productions at toxic-waste dump sites. Though he wants to start up their relationship again, she tells him she has found another. Charlie ends up having a passionate affair with his landlady. Later he meets Davenport and manages to achieve his dream and become his assistant. Through it all he still longs for Amy and in the end the two do indeed come together. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Christine Lahti - Ruby; Carlease Burke - Traffic Reporter; Sidney Chankin - Funeral Guest; Alfred Dennis - Ruby's Dad; Gokul - Cabbie; Kathryn Grody - Amy's Mom; Peggy Miley - Rubys Mom; William Newman - Funeral Guest; David Rasche - Amys Dad; Kevin Scannell - Dr. Sherman; Brent Spiner - Up-scale Guy; Thomas Wagner - Ruby's Brother; Wil Wheaton - Jack; Dey Young - Mrs. Tarnell; Bob Balaban - Paul Entamen; Brian Davila - Jack (age 10); James Marsh - Nigel
Credit
Michael Atwell - Art Director, Robert J. Degus - Associate Producer, Amy Labowitz - Associate Producer, Debi Manwiller - Casting, Rick Pagano - Casting, Allen Alsobrook - Co-producer, Louise Frogley - Costume Designer, Bryan Gordon - Director, Colleen Halsey - Editor, Michael Convertino - Composer (Music Score), Michael Convertino - Songwriter, Linda Pearl - Production Designer, Bernd Heinl - Cinematographer, Allan Mindel - Producer, Denise Shaw - Producer, Bryan Gordon - Screenwriter, Nan Garcia-Wood - Script Supervisor
