Human Highway
“When love and fate collide”
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A diner beside a leaking nuclear plant becomes the meeting place for a collection of strange residents. Neil Young and Dean Stockwell's musical oddity drifts through workplace absurdity and apocalyptic anxiety. The loose, apparently improvised structure makes it a deep-cut choice for music fans with patience for experiments.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6.5/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 6.5/10
“The roadside diner is taking orders at the edge of a nuclear daydream.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 72
Synopsis and movie facts
The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizarre characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.
- Released
- 1982
- Directed by
- Dean Stockwell
- Running time
- 88 min
Starring
- Neil Young as Lionel Switch / Frankie Fontaine
- Dean Stockwell as Otto Quartz
- Dennis Hopper as Cracker / Stranger
- Sally Kirkland as Kathryn
- Russ Tamblyn as Fred Kelly
- Charlotte Stewart as Charlotte Goodnight
- Pegi Young as Biker Girl
- Mark Mothersbaugh as Nuclear Garbageperson / Booji Boy
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 70011.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review finds the film apparently improvised and discusses its unusual place in Neil Young's musical work.
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