Shelf Life

Name: Shelf Life (1993)
Genre: Drama
Cast: O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner, Paul Bartel, Justin Houchin

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Shelf Life

1993

1h 23m

Drama

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Three siblings (O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner) spend 30 years in the family bomb shelter they entered after the JFK assassination.

Jessica Scott

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12/19/2022

Shelf Life spent nearly 30 years — an entire generation — hidden away from the world. Even more relevant now than it was when it was first released, the film offers a morbidly comic vision of the effects of paranoia, bigotry, and isolation.

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Anne Brodie

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09/06/2019

It's downright weird, dark, funny and absurd, per usual.

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Paul Bartel

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O-Lan Jones

Tina

Andrea Stein

Pam

Jim Turner

Scotty

Paul Bartel

Various Apparitions

Justin Houchin

Young Scotty

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Three siblings (O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner) spend 30 years in the family bomb shelter they entered after the JFK assassination.

Director: Paul Bartel
Producer: Anne Kimmel, Bradley Laven
Screenwriter: O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein, Jim Turner
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 23m
Sound Mix: Surround

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