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Motorama (1991)

Motorama poster
Directed by
Barry Shils
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, road movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 10-year-old boy steals a car and drives across a strange imaginary version of America. He meets bizarre characters and gets into trouble along the way.

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What happens

Motorama is a 1991 American black comedy road movie about a 10-year-old boy who drives a 1965 Mustang across a fictional landscape. The film features cameos by Drew Barrymore, Flea, Garrett Morris, Jack Nance, Robert Picardo, Martha Quinn, and Meat Loaf. It was directed by Barry Shils and written by Joseph Minion, the screenwriter of After Hours with whom Shils also worked on Vampire's Kiss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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