Four twenty-something American adults try to sort out their feelings about life and love in this offbeat generational comedy.
Four young people in their late 20s and early 30s try to find themselves in rural America.
Shot in Tucson, Arizona in DeLuxe color and recorded in a THX sound systems theater, Dolby SR.
Solo feature film directorial debut for Michael Steinberg, who co-directed "The Waterdance" (1992).
Began shooting July 22, 1992; completed August 27, 1992. Released in Los Angeles and New York City April 8, 1993. Wide release in USA April 23, 1993. Shown at Sundance, Park City, Utah, January 21-31, 1993.
Reviewed in the Los Angeles Times 4/8/1993.
Opticals and titles by Cinema Research Corporation.
Paul Brown and Dennis Sands did the music recording and mixing.
Singers were Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey, Debra Parsons, Katrina Perkins, Marva Hicks, Mindy Stein, Susan Beaubian, and Kiki Ebsen.
Also known as "Bodies at Rest and Motion" and "Bodies in Rest & Motion." Copyright held by Bodies, Rest and Motion Productions, Inc. 1993.
Songs "Hot Burrito #1," "Juanita," "Do You Know How It Feels," and "Everything Is Complicated" all courtesy of A&M Records, Inc. Song "Pushin' Too Hard" courtesy of GNP Crescendo Records.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
The Voyager laserdisc is part of the company's Criterion Collection, and includes cast and crew interviews, production documentation, the original theatrical trailer, and a featurette.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary - 1. Director - Michael Steinberg
2. Producer - Eric Stoltz
3. Writer - Roger Hadden
Featurette
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Distributor Notes: Four twentysomething friends explore love, desire and commitment in this irresistibly charming, critically acclaimed romantic comedy. Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, TV salesman Nick (The Legend of 1900's Tim Roth) abandons his girlfriend, Beth (Singles' Bridget Fonda), and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else. Encouraged by her best friend, Carol (Fast Times at Ridgemont High's Phoebe Cates), Beth reluctantly accepts the romantic attentions of a local housepainter (Pulp Fiction's Eric Stoltz). But when Nick's impulsive road trip leads him back home again, the stage is set for a wildly comic chain reaction among four people whose lives have suddenly become hopelessly, hilariously intertwined!
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Director of Photography
Bernd Heinl:
Review 1:
"...Quirky, magnetic characters...[The actors] share an easy, appealing rapport..."
Source: New York Times
p.C11 04/09/1993
Review 2:
"...Easygoing, well acted and pleasant..."
Source: USA Today
p.4D 04/12/1993
Review 3:
"...Both a screwball comedy and a zeitgeist-defining youth culture flick..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.65 02/11/1994