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With its low budget and lush black-and-white imagery, Gus Van Sant's debut feature Mala Noche heralded an idiosyncratic, provocative new voice in American independent film. Set in Van Sant's hometown of Portland, Oregon, the film evokes a world of transient workers, dead-end day-shifters, and bars and seedy apartments bathed in a profound nighttime, as it follows a romantic deadbeat with a wayward crush on a handsome Mexican immigrant. Mala Noche was an important prelude to the New Queer Cinema of the nineties and is a fascinating capsule from a time and place that continues to haunt its director's work.
Original Release
02/05/1986
US Release
02/05/1986
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tim Streeter | Walt / Walt Curtis |
Doug Cooeyate | Johnny |
Ray Monge | Roberto Pepper |
Nyla McCarthy | Betty |
Sam Downey | Hotel Clerk |
Robert Lee Pitchlynn | Drunk Man / Bob Pitchlynn |
Eric Pedersen | Policeman |
Marty Christiansen | Bar Friend |
George Conner | Wino |
Don Chambers | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tim Streeter | Walt / Walt Curtis |
Doug Cooeyate | Johnny |
Ray Monge | Roberto Pepper |
Nyla McCarthy | Betty |
Sam Downey | Hotel Clerk |
Robert Lee Pitchlynn | Drunk Man / Bob Pitchlynn |
Eric Pedersen | Policeman |
Marty Christiansen | Bar Friend |
George Conner | Wino |
Don Chambers | Self |
Kenny Presler | Street Hustler |
Conde Benavides | Arcade Amigo |
Cristo Stoyos | Greek Singer |
Matt Cooeyate | Boxcar Amigo |
Marsellus Allen | |
Anne Buffen | |
Dieter Reshhe | Dieter |
Frank Euward | Frank |
Pat Switzler | |
Steve Young |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gus Van Sant | Producer |