Nickel Mountain

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Nickel Mountain
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Directed by Drew Denbaum
Written by Drew Denbaum
John Gardner (novel)
Produced by Jakob Magnusson
Starring Michael Cole
Heather Langenkamp
Patrick Cassidy
Cinematography David Bridges
Edited byBob Jenkis
Music byLincoln Mayorga
Distributed by ZIV International, Warner Bros./Lorimar
Release date
1984
Running time
88 min.
CountriesUnited States
Iceland
LanguageEnglish

Nickel Mountain is a 1984 drama film produced in Iceland and the United States written and directed by Drew Denbaum. It stars Michael Cole, Heather Langenkamp, Patrick Cassidy, Grace Zabriskie, and Brian Kerwin. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by American novelist John Gardner.

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Plot

Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard leaves her. Henry takes in Callie, and helps her through the pregnancy. They fall in love and get married. All is going well until Willard is back from the road and wants the baby.

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Release

The film had a limited release in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [1]

Home video release

Nickel Mountain was released to videotape in the mid 1980s. [2]

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References

  1. "Heather Langenkamp, Star of ABC's Just the Ten of Us, Who Has Put Her Nightmares Down for the Count". People. December 5, 1988. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  2. Nickel mountain. OCLC   36031237 . Retrieved December 27, 2016 via WorldCat.