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Luminous Motion

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Fugitives from the American Dream, 10 year old Phillip and his mom live the outlaw life on the road. The precocious Phillip has no need for school: the neon glow of motel signs is light enough by which to read his textbooks on biology and physics -- two subjects about which his Mom teaches him a thing or two, as she seduces men out of their credit cards to fuel their crazy flight. Mom begins to feel the gravitational pull of home life and the need to settle down.

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Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) 02/13/2024
Deeply rooted in raw human emotion while using the almost surreal cinematic techniques to express visually how those emotions feel internally. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
3.5/5
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2/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/07/2005
3/5
Film Threat 12/08/2002
2/5
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Bette Gordon

Director

Eric Lloyd

Phillip

Deborah Kara Unger

Mom

Terry Kinney

Pedro

Jamey Sheridan

Dad

James Berland

Rodney

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Luminous Motion

Deborah Kara Unger. Eric Lloyd and Deborah Kara Unger. Jamey Sheridan. Eric Lloyd and Deborah Kara Unger. Luminous Motion (1998) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Fugitives from the American Dream, 10 year old Phillip and his mom live the outlaw life on the road. The precocious Phillip has no need for school: the neon glow of motel signs is light enough by which to read his textbooks on biology and physics -- two subjects about which his Mom teaches him a thing or two, as she seduces men out of their credit cards to fuel their crazy flight. Mom begins to feel the gravitational pull of home life and the need to settle down.
Director
Bette Gordon
Producer
Anthony Bregman, Ted Hope
Screenwriter
Scott Bradfield, Robert Roth
Distributor
Fox Lorber, Artistic License
Production Co
Fiona Films, Good Machine
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 1998, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 13, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$51.4K
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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