Motorama (film)

For other motorama articles, see Motorama (disambiguation).

Motorama
Motorama DVD cover
Directed by	Barry Shils
Produced by	Donald Borchers
Written by	Joseph Minion
Starring	Jordan Christopher Michael Martha Quinn Michael Naegel Susan Tyrrell Drew Barrymore
Music by	Andy Summers
Cinematography	Joseph Yacoe
Editing by	Peter H. Verity
Distributed by	Two Moon Releasing
Release date(s)	September 10, 1991
Running time	90 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$10,535 (US)

Motorama is an American road movie released in 1991. It is a surrealistic film about a ten-year-old runaway boy (played by Jordan Christopher Michael) on a road trip for the purpose of collecting game pieces (cards) from the fictional "Chimera" gas stations, in order to spell out the word M-O-T-O-R-A-M-A. By doing so he will supposedly win the grand prize of $500 million. The film features cameos by Drew Barrymore, Flea, Jack Nance, Robert Picardo, and Meat Loaf. It was written by Joseph Minion, screenwriter of After Hours.

Parts of the movie were filmed in and around Lake Powell and the city of Page, Arizona. In one scene, Gus, the title character, is shown driving on top of the Glen Canyon Dam (which is not allowed by the general public). The gated entrance to "Essex", a fictional state in the movie, is actually the service entrance to the Glen Canyon Dam. The Navajo Generating Station near Page is shown in several scenes as well.

The strange looking paper currency used throughout the film are slightly modified versions of (former) Dutch Guilder notes.

Cast

• Jordan Christopher Michael
• Martha Quinn
• Susan Tyrrell
• John Diehl
• Robert Picardo
• Jack Nance
• Garrett Morris
• Michael J. Pollard
• Drew Barrymore
• Paul Willson
• Flea (musician)
• Mary Woronov
• Sandy Baron
• Vince Edwards
• Meat Loaf
• Irwin Keyes
• Allyce Beasley
• Robin Duke
• Shelley Berman

External links

• Motorama at the Internet Movie Database