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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.

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Jessica Scott Film Cred 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. Go to Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said 09/06/2019
It's downright weird, dark, funny and absurd, per usual. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Paul Bartel

Director

O-Lan Jones

Tina

Andrea Stein

Pam

Jim Turner

Scotty

Paul Bartel

Various Apparitions

Justin Houchin

Young Scotty
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Synopsis 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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