Shot on location in Deming, New Mexico, in approximately one month.
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Estimated budget: $1.3 million
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The movie was the solo feature film debut for director Allison Anders, who previously codirected BORDER RADIO with Kurt Voss.
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The film is loosely based on the novel DON'T LOOK AND IT WON'T HURT by Richard Peck. There were three sisters in the novel.
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The working title for the film was actually GAS, FOOD AND LODGING.
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The harrowing tale Trudi (Ione Skye) tells Dank (Robert Knepper) is similar to an event in Anders's own life
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The letter Nora (Brooke Adams) gets from the school about Trudi (Skye) is from "Allison Anders, Principal."
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Skye (Trudi) and Donovan Leitch (Darius) are real-life sister and brother.
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Composer J Mascis, who has worked with Anders on several films and was the frontman for the band, Dinosaur Jr, appears in a small role, as Cecil.
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The New York Film Critics Circle awarded Anders the Best New Director prize in 1992.
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Fairuza Balk won the 1992 Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
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The film was nominated for five 1992 Independent Spirit Awards by the IFP/West: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Balk), and Best Supporting Actress (Adams).
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GAS FOOD LODGING had its public premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (for American independent films) in January of 1992, and it was also shown at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, the Berlin Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival, the D'eauville Film Festival (winning the American Film Critics Prize), and the Boston Film Festival.
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At Film Forum where it played in New York City, the film was held over several times due to overwhelming audience response.
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