Motorama

Watch: Motorama

Unrated

3/28/19921h 30m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ There's only one way to win the girl of your dreams: floor it! ~

Overview:

A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang. He rides off into a surreal America playing "Motorama," a game sponsored by Chimera Gas Company. He has various encounters with different people, and eventually reaches the Chimera Gas Company where he finds they are not playing by the rules of the game.

Director:

Barry Shils

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,800,000.00

Revenue:

$10,535.00

Key words:

squirrel
time warp
gas station
american dream
surrealism
contest
gasoline
juvenile delinquent
child as an adult
road movie
child driving car

Cast

Jordan Christopher Michael

~ as ~

Gus

Martha Quinn

~ as ~

Bank Teller

Michael Naegel

~ as ~

Boy at Wagon Wheel

Susan Tyrrell

~ as ~

Bartender

Harper Flaherty

~ as ~

Old Man at Wagon Wheel

John Laughlin

~ as ~

Man at Wagon Wheel

Kurt Bryant

~ as ~

Another Man

John Diehl

~ as ~

Phil

Robert Picardo

~ as ~

Jerry the Policeman

Jack Nance

~ as ~

Motel Clerk

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 3 month(s) ago
5
A 10 years-old boy takes a surreal “Thelma & Louise” journey

"Motorama" (1991) is an amusing ride through the American Southwest; an offbeat satire about the sometimes crazy trek of life. It’s filled with familiar guest stars, such as Robert Picardo, Mary Woronov, Meat Loaf, Irwin Keyes, Michael J. Pollard, Vince Edwards, Flea, Susan Tyrrell and more.

Drew Barrymore appears prominently on the movie poster (and DVD/Blu-ray cover), but she’s only actually in the movie for like 20 seconds as the boy’s fantasy girl (with no lines). I say “girl” because she was only 15 during shooting, a couple months shy of 16 years-old. Similarly, Cynthia King appears slightly longer as the backseat teen.

I smiled and laughed here & there and enjoyed the Southwest landscapes during winter, but there weren’t enough interesting bits to keep my interest. It’s a quirky curiosity that needed a rewrite to flush out more entertainment. Still, if you like road movies and can roll with the wacky approach, you might appreciate it more than I did.

It runs 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot in the Glen Canyon area of north-central Arizona and south-central Utah; Fox Plaza in Century City was used for the Chimera Headquarters.

GRADE: C