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Feb 8, 1971 · With Gig Young, Lee Grant, Denise Nickerson, Herb Edelman. 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 whose life's work are the neon sculptures he creates and attaches to the ceiling.
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- Drama
- Frank Pierson
- 1971-02-08
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.
Synopsis. Paula Miller (Denise Nickerson) rides in on her bike. She is carrying a bag a groceries and looks longingly at the group of children playing hopscotch. On entering the house, she notices, her mother is asleep on the sofa. Carrie Miller (Lee Grant) awakens when Paula blows in her face.
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A runaway wife, fleeing middle-class boredom with her teenage daughter, lands in a truck-stop diner in the California desert run by a gruff, beer-drinking recluse living in a fantasy world that is a creative work of art. Lee Grant won an Emmy for her performance; Gig Young was nominated for his.
Lee Grant was at the top of her game at this time. She had just gotten nominated for an Oscar for "The Landlord", then won an Emmy for this movie. 4 years later, she won an Oscar for "Shampoo". She, too, plays a lonely soul looking for an escape.
