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19 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Mother & daughter run away from boring lives, stop at diner run by grouch in CA desert, and the three characters develop relationships with each other. upshawdj 8 November 2008. I'm 47 and I saw this movie on TV when I was 10.
May 7, 2019 · At heart, The Neon Ceiling is a thoughtful, low-key character study of three wounded people. I’ve always seen Grant as a precursor, or an acting ancestor, to Michelle Pfeiffer . The two legends share two rare and important qualities: they can act circles around everyone else without saying a word—it’s in the eyes—and they make any film ...
7 ★★★★★ ratings (14%) ★★★★★. Popular reviews. Scott Huston ★★★½ 3. Release date: February 8, 1971. Lee Grant won the Emmy for this made-for-TV movie. Denise Nickerson plays the daughter before she went onto the Willy Wonka movie. Gig Young is Jones, the old codger who runs the dinner diner.
- Frank Pierson
- Universal Television
The Neon Ceiling is a 1971 American television film starring Gig Young and Lee Grant that aired on NBC Monday Night at the Movies. It was written by Carol Sobieski and directed by Frank Pierson. The film score was composed by Billy Goldenberg .
Recommendations. A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stops in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist...
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The Neon Ceiling 1970 1h 40m Drama List Reviews A woman (Lee Grant) and her teenage daughter (Denise Nickerson) stop at an earthy loner's (Gig Young) gas station/diner in the California...
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