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The Films of Vernon Zimmerman

Deadhead Miles

United States | 1972/1982 | Vernon Zimmerman

Terrence Malick wrote the script for Vernon Zimmerman's feature-length directorial debut, a wacky road comedy (and quintessential seventies movie) in which a man (Alan Arkin) hijacks an 18-wheeler in the East, picks up a hitchhiker, and heads west across America. Along the way he has a series of funny, bizarre adventures. Filmed in 1971 but shelved by Paramount until 1982 (when it received a few festival bookings), Deadhead Miles has a great supporting cast (Hector Elizondo, Charles Durning, Loretta Swit, et al.) and features cameos by George Raft, Ida Lupino, and John Milius.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Vernon Zimmerman will not attend this screening, as previously announced.

93 min. DVD. Cleveland theatrical premiere.

Preceded at 7:00 by Zimmerman's 26-min. Lemon Hearts (1962, 16mm), a comedy fantasy set amid some of San Francisco's now-demolished Victorian homes and starring Taylor Mead in 11 roles. “An early classic of Beat-era filmmaking.” -Wheeler Winston Dixon.

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