Track 29
Track 29 is a 1988 psychological drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Colleen Camp, Sandra Bernhard, Seymour Cassel, and Christopher Lloyd. It was produced by George Harrison's HandMade Films with Rick McCallum. The film was nominated for and won a few awards at regional film festivals. The writer, Dennis Potter, adapted his earlier television play, Schmoedipus (1974), changing the setting from London to the United States. It was filmed in Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
Plot
In rural Wilmington, North Carolina, Linda Henry lives a solitary and unfulfilled life with her husband, Henry Henry, a doctor who spends the majority of his free time tinkering with model trains. At his clinic, Henry carries on an affair with a nurse, Ms. Stein, unbeknownst to Linda. While dining at a cafe with her friend Arlanda, Linda encounters Martin, a British hitchhiker who was born in North Carolina but raised in England; he has arrived in the United States in search of his birthmother.
More details
author | Dennis Potter |
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contentLocation | North Carolina |
director | Nicolas Roeg |
editor | Tony Lawson |
genre | drama |
keywords | biological mother carnival ceiling cry dissociated state dissociative identity disorder doctor who engage figment of her imagination free time hallucination hear living room model train set morning murder new job oedipal oedipus return home stab swimming pool talk voice |
musicBy | Stanley Myers |
producer | Rick McCallum |
productionCompany | HandMade Films |
publisher | Cannon Films Island Pictures |
recordedAt | North Carolina |
theme | psychological drama rape |