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The Neon Ceiling

  • TV Movie
  • 19711971
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
156
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POPULARITY
48,797
452
The Neon Ceiling (1971)
Drama
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... Read allA 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.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.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
156
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
48,797
452
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    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • Howard Rodman
      • Carol Sobieski(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Gig Young
      • Lee Grant
      • Denise Nickerson
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    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • Howard Rodman
      • Carol Sobieski(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Gig Young
      • Lee Grant
      • Denise Nickerson
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    • 19User reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    • Jones
    Lee Grant
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    • Carrie Miller
    Denise Nickerson
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    • Paula Miller
    Herb Edelman
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    • Harry
    William Smithers
    William Smithers
    • Doctor Miller
    Robert Pratt
    • Ferris Wheel Man
    James McEachin
    James McEachin
    • Highway Patrolman
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    • Director
      • Frank Pierson
    • Writers
      • Howard Rodman
      • Carol Sobieski(screenplay) (story)
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    They need to make more movies like this.
    I was very young when I seen this movie. For years I could not remember the name of the movie. I would talk to my late husband about it and he said he had never heard of it.(this was surprising because he had seen just about every movie made from the 30's to the 90's and the fact that his father was a projectionist in Redondo Beach, Calif). I will never forget two parts of the movie; when Jones would turn on the 'Neon Ceiling' and when he taught the daughter to drive & she dressed up and left to go back to her father. I think this movie is what made me like neon fixtures so much. Great movie, great story line, great actors, just all around great movie. If only they would make movies like this now.
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    • Sep 28, 2004

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    • Release date
      • February 8, 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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