An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Writing
Bob Gale's script bites sharper than Back to the Future
Acting
Gary Oldman plays a literal trickster god
Production
Each town feels like its own Twilight Zone episode
Director
Bob Gale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Gale wrote this during his Back to the Future hiatus; the diner scene with Christopher Lloyd is a deliberate nod. Michael J. Fox was originally approached for Neal.
The film bombed theatrically but became a DVD cult classic — it's essentially a philosophical anthology disguised as a road movie, with each stop exploring a different ethical dilemma through magical realism.
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