When a new freeway is built that bypasses the tiny but thriving Florida town of Ticlaw, depriving it of the livelihood it garners from passing motorists, the mayor and other oddball citizens of the town dream up hair-brained schemes as a lure to the tourist trade. The film follows a group of equally eccentric range of travellers who inadvertently find themselves in Ticlaw—a place they never intended to visit. Cast includes Beau Bridges, Hume Cronyn, Beverly D’Angelo, William Devane, Teri Garr and Geraldine Page.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312403
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → City and town life
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Express highways
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → City and town life
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)