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In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Language
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $5,502,773
English
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue $5,502,773
Keywords
1970s
dysfunctional family
coming of age
teenage girl
beverly hills
semi autobiographical
woman director
nursing school
nomad
Casts

Natasha Lyonne
Vivian Abromowitz

Alan Arkin
Murray Samuel Abromowitz

Marisa Tomei
Rita Abromowitz

Eli Marienthal
Rickey Abromowitz

David Krumholtz
Ben Abromowitz

Kevin Corrigan
Eliot Arenson

Jessica Walter
Doris

Mena Suvari
Rachel Hoffman

Carl Reiner
Mickey
Harris Laskawy
Charlie the Cook

Rita Moreno
Belle Abromowitz

Bryna Weiss
Saleslady

Charlotte Stewart
Landlady

Marley McClean
Brooke

Mary Portser
Mrs. Hoffman

Jay Patterson
Dr. Grossman

Natalie Karp
Nurse Curtrell
Jock MacDonald
Man at Brymans
Rich Willis
EMS Guy #1

Armand Reiser
EMS Guy #2
Jack Tracy
Cop #1
Sally Schaub
Waitress
Scotty Atkins
Waiter (uncredited)
Mykal Wayne Williams
Waiter (uncredited)
Crews

Tamara Jenkins
Director

Tamara Jenkins
Writer
Michael Nozik
Producer
Stan Wlodkowski
Producer
Robert Duffy
Editor
Margo Hunt McKay
Driver
Joe Pichirallo
Production Executive
Romy Fleming
First Assistant Hairstylist

Anne Morgan
Additional Hairstylist

Candace Neal
Key Hair Stylist
Vicky Ogden
First Assistant Makeup Artist
Lisa Rodgers
Post Production Supervisor
Tom Tucker
Production Supervisor
Stan Wlodkowski
Unit Production Manager
Susie Balaban
Second Second Assistant Director
Dawn Massaro
Second Assistant Director
Scott Remick
Second Second Assistant Director
Guillaume DeLouche
Set Dresser
Carolyn Lassek
Set Dresser
Tim Parkinson
Set Dresser
Andrew Adams
Boom Operator
Eric Brauch
Sound
Eddie Bydalek
Sound Recordist
Richard Chaim
Sound
Eric Erickson
Sound Recordist
Elisabeth Flaum
Sound Effects Editor
Laura Kamper
Sound Effects
Michael Kamper
Sound Effects Editor
Jonathan Karp
Sound Effects Editor
Shawn Kennelly
Foley Recordist
Jeffrey R. Payne
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Pinney
Boom Operator
Joan Rowe
Foley Artist
Sean Rowe
Foley Artist
B. Tennyson Sebastian III
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric Thompson
Foley Mixer

Mark Ulano
Sound Recordist
Tim Walston
Sound Effects Editor
James Wright
Sound
Jean Malahni
Stunts
Jean Malahni
Stunt Double
Georgianne Walken
Casting
Sheila Jaffe
Casting
Kirsten Everberg
Costume Design
Dena Roth
Production Design

Robert Redford
Executive Producer
Ira Hurvitz
Script Supervisor
Leonard Myszynski
Still Photographer
Lorey Sebastian
Still Photographer
Ann Scibelli
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Andrew DeCristofaro
Supervising Sound Editor
Ritchie Kremer
Property Master
Lisa S. Beasley
Art Department Coordinator

Michael A. Allowitz
First Assistant Director

Rolfe Kent
Original Music Composer
Gary Calamar
Music Supervisor
G. Marq Roswell
Music Supervisor
Mimi Bonetti
Music Coordinator
Paul Curtis
Dialogue Editor
Matthew C. Beville
ADR Mixer
John Chandler
Foley Editor
Ken Segal
Sound Mixer
D. Chris Smith
ADR Recordist
Robert Greenfield
Set Decoration
Scott Plauche
Art Direction
Dick Ziker
Stunt Coordinator
Julie Glick
Costume Supervisor
Tom Richmond
Director of Photography
Kathryn Bihr
Key Makeup Artist
Bently Tittle
Set Dresser
Backdrops & Posters

