When Shade's good, she's very good. But when Trudi's bad, she's better.
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.
Gas Food Lodging (1992) is a drama and romance film directed by Allison Anders, released on July 10, 1992 with a runtime of 1h 41m. It stars Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk and James Brolin. Viewers rate it 6.3 out of 10 across 74 ratings.
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Brooke Adams
as Nora
Ione Skye
as Trudi
Fairuza Balk
as Shade
James Brolin
as John Evans
Robert Knepper
as Dank
David Lansbury
as Hamlet
Jacob Vargas
as Javier
Donovan Leitch
as Darius
Chris Mulkey
as Raymond
Laurie O'Brien
as Thelma
Julie Condra
as Tanya
Adam Biesk
as Brett
Directed by Allison Anders, written by Allison Anders and Richard Peck, produced by Seth Willenson, William Ewart and Dan Hassid.
Average viewer score of 6.3/10 from 74 ratings.
**_Lost hearts in New Mexico with rooms vacant_** A single mother (Brooke Adams) and her two teenage daughters (Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk) live in a bleak small town in the desert. They each struggle with the boredom of mundane life and pursue romance. "Gas Food Lodging" (1992) is part reverent coming-of-age drama, similar to the future “Dreamland,” and part aging mother looking for love in the remote American…
Reviewed on September 6, 2025
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Gas Food Lodging (1992) is available to stream on fuboTV, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Gas Food Lodging (1992) includes Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin and Robert Knepper. The film was directed by Allison Anders. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Gas Food Lodging was released on July 10, 1992 and runs for 1h 41m.
Gas Food Lodging (1992) holds an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 from 74 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and romance films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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