The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizarre characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeanne FieldScreenplay
- Russ TamblynScreenplay
- Dean StockwellScreenplay
- Neil YoungScreenplay
- James BeshearsScreenplay
- Neil YoungDirector
- Dean StockwellDirector
- Neil YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Neil YoungLionel Switch / Frankie Fontaine
- Dean StockwellOtto Quartz
- Dennis HopperCracker / Stranger
- Sally KirklandKathryn
- Russ TamblynFred Kelly
- Charlotte StewartCharlotte Goodnight
- Pegi YoungBiker Girl
- Mark MothersbaughNuclear Garbageperson / Booji Boy
- Gerald V. CasaleNuclear Garbageperson
- Bob CasaleNuclear Garbageperson
- Robert MothersbaughNuclear Garbageperson
- Geraldine BaronIrene