Echo Park (1985)
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.
Director:
Robert Dornhelm
Writer:
Michael Ventura
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Susan Dey as May |
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Tom Hulce as Jonathan |
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Michael Bowen as August |
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Christopher Walker as Henry |
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Shirley Jo Finney as Gloria |
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Heinrich Schweiger as August's Father |
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Cheech Marin as Syd |
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John Paragon as Hugo |
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Cassandra Peterson as Sheri |
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Timothy Carey as Vinnie |
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Martin Suppan as Austrian Consul |
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Robert R. Shafer as Commercial Director |
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Dorothy Dells as Consulate Secretary |
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Yana Nirvana as Woman in Bar |
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Paul Anselmo as Policeman |
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Jesse Aragon as Policeman |
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Robert Cabral as Policeman |
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Peter Drain as Bar Customer |
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John Pochna as Bar Customer |
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Dee Cooper as Man in Park |
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Douglas M. Ford as Biker |
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Stephen Gaines as Desk Sergeant |
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Fred Leaf as Burt Reynolds Look-alike |
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Mary Thompson as Prospective Roommate |
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Anne Marie Bates as Prospective Roommate |
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Jason Mayall as Prospective Roommate |
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Renee LeBallister as Prospective Roommate |
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Michael Marloe as Partygoer |
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Jim Smith as Partygoer |
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Skip O'Brien as Prisoner |
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Biff Yeager as Jailer |
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Jackie Easton as Girl in Commercial |
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Bob Moss as Birthday Boy |
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Doug Knott as Birthday Man |
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James Helppi as Guest in Elevator |
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George W. Scott as Man with Tip |
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De Schneider as Real Estate Secretary |
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Patti Tippo as Telegram Stripper |
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Max Trumpower as Telegram Stripper |
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Penny Harris as Telegram Stripper |
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Merrill Ward as Telegram Stripper |
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Dana Sue Collins as Telegram Stripper |
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Peter Kent as Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited) |
| Writing | Michael Ventura | Screenplay |
| Directing | Robert Dornhelm | Director |
| Art | Carol Bosselman | Props |
| Production | Walter Shenson | Producer |
| Production | Louie Lawless | Production Manager |
| Sound | Charlotte Schwarz | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jonathon 'Earl' Stein | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | David Ricketts | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jamie Beardsley | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Michael Fischa | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Ralph E. Cotta | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gregory H. Watkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Philip B. Epstein | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patti Callicott | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ela Kodrnja | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lizbeth Williamson | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Stephan von Hase | Sound |
| Production | Barbara Hanley | Casting |
| Production | Cathy Henderson | Casting |
| Directing | Carl Manning | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Ingrid Koller | Editor |
| Camera | Karl Kofler | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Dornhelm | Writer |
| Art | Bernt Amadeus Capra | Art Direction |
| Sound | Karl Schlifelner | Sound Mixer |