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Greasy Lake (film)

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Greasy Lake
Directed byDamian Harris
Written byDamian Harris
Based on"Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Produced byMargaret Goldsmith
David Bartlett
Damian Harris
Philip S. Miller
Jim Steele[citation needed]
StarringEric Stoltz
James Spader
Narrated byTom Waits
CinematographyMiles Cook
Edited byDavid Bartlett
Music byRon Bartlett
Oscar Mitt
Production
company
Distributed byPBS (TV)
JCI Video
Release date
  • 1988 (1988) (USA)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Greasy Lake is a 1988 American short drama film based on the short story "Greasy Lake" by T. Coraghessan Boyle. It was directed by Damian Harris and stars Eric Stoltz and James Spader.

Plot

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At the start of summer vacation, three 19-year-old friends set out cruising on a trip toward Greasy Lake outside Los Angeles that ends up being more eventful than they expected.

Cast

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Release

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The film was shown at the American Film Institute Festival in 1988 and was later released with three other short films on the 1990 videocassette The Discovery Program, volume 1, distributed by JCI Video.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Learning, Gale, Cengage (3 April 2018). A Study Guide for T. C. Boyle's "Greasy Lake". Gale, Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781410347336 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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