Bright Angel

Bright Angel (1990)

Don't fall for someone who's got more troubles than you.

In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pretty drifter Lucy, she easily convinces him and his friend Claude to join her on a road trip to Montana in hopes of breaking her brother out of jail.

Date of release
1990-11-01
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Michael Fields

Casting

Interesting facts

Bright Angel is a 1990 American drama film directed by Michael Fields in his feature debut, and starring Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, and Sam Shepard. The film follows George and the transient Lucy, who travel from their home in Montana to Wyoming in order to help Lucy's brother escape from jail. The screenplay by Richard Ford is based on the short stories "Great Falls" and "Children" from Ford's 1987 collection Rock Springs.

Production

Principal photography began on July 10, 1989. The film was shot on location in Billings and Broadview, Montana and in Wyoming. Filming wrapped on August 30, 1989.

The shoot was reportedly tumultuous for Lili Taylor, who was nearly fired over aesthetic decisions she'd made in presenting herself as the character. In a 2016 interview, she referred to it as the single most difficult film shoot in her career, stating that she had essentially been fired from the project, but was forced to finish her work on the film.

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