Forrest Gump
1994 · Comedy · Drama
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Film / 1992
Gas Food Lodging
Directed by
Allison Anders
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Brooke AdamsNora
Ione SkyeTrudi
Fairuza BalkShade
James BrolinJohn Evans
Robert KnepperDank
David LansburyHamlet
Jacob VargasJavier
Donovan LeitchDarius
Chris MulkeyRaymond
Laurie O'BrienThelma
Julie CondraTanya
Adam BieskBrett
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Leigh HamiltonKim
Diane BehrensHostess
J. MascisCecil
Tiffany AndersPersi
Sissy BoydRocio
Jeffrey McDonaldLong Haired Boy
Bill KempJock
Graci LundGirl
Shirley SmithBubbly Mother
Carmen GonzalezMexican Woman
Mariah O'BrienIvy
Cathryn BalkShopkeeper
George R. ParkerTrucker
Jeff MillerRock Boy
Michael GillisYoung John Evans
M. EiselBaby Shade
Josie Lynne AdamsTrudi at 2 Years
SparkyFamily Puppy
Nina BelangerElvia Rivero
Julia VeraMadre
Carlos RivasPadre
Carlos Augusto CesteroHusband
Rocio SeguraYoung Nun
Leonard LealStylish Man
Vivis ColombettiGossip
Marabina JaimesHousewife
Hamlet ArmanMan at Picnic
Yasmin Le BonSelf - Poster Model (uncredited)
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