Viva Las Nowhere

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Viva Las Nowhere
Directed by Jason Bloom
Written byRichard Uhlig
Steve Seitz
Produced byJosh Miller
Demitri Samaha
Tracee Stanley
Starring Daniel Stern
Patricia Richardson
James Caan
Cinematography James Glennon
Edited byLuis Colina
Music byAndrew Gross
Production
companies
Distributed byViva Las Nowhere Productions
Release date
  • June 15, 2001 (2001-06-15)(Seattle)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish

Viva Las Nowhere is a 2001 American Canadian crime comedy-drama film directed by Jason Bloom and starring Daniel Stern, Patricia Richardson and James Caan. [1]

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  1. Eisner, Ken (27 July 2001). "Viva Las Nowhere". Variety . Retrieved 18 July 2020.