Mountain View

Mountain View

1989 · 26 min · Music, Drama, TV Movie

A dance drama work that, through movement and very little spoken text, details the interaction of several people residing at or visiting a motel or motor inn named Mountain View. The work spans a period of about 24 hours, following the individuals through late afternoon, an evening spent in the motel bar, and a picnic-style social gathering the next day. Some of the characters encountered are the family who runs the motel (a mother, her young adult son, and an older man, perhaps her father); a spunky, tomboyish girl; an interracial couple lodging at the motel; a young mother; a pair of newlyweds; a barfly; three people involved in a love triangle; and the punkish friends of the motel owner's son.

Directed by John Sayles

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Jane Alexander Bartender
Jace Alexander Son
Thomas Eldred Old Man
Fred Holland Couple on porch
Mary Shultz Couple on porch
Jim Desmond Barfly
Marta Jo Miller Young mother
Christine Philion Newlywed
Nathaniel E. Lee Newlywed
Cathy Zimmerman Couple in truck
Thomas Grunewald Couple in truck
Marta Renzi Other woman

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