Waiting for the Light

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Waiting for the Light
Waiting for the Light poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Christopher Monger
Written byChristopher Monger
Produced by Caldecot Chubb
Ron Bozman
Starring Shirley MacLaine
Teri Garr
Clancy Brown
Vincent Schiavelli
John Bedford Lloyd
Colin Baumgartner
Hillary Wolf
Cinematography Gabriel Beristain
Edited byÉva Gárdos
Music byMichael Storey
Production
company
Distributed by Triumph Films
Release date
  • November 2, 1990 (1990-11-02)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$808,690 [1]

Waiting for the Light is a 1990 American comedy film written and directed by Christopher Monger and starring Shirley MacLaine, Teri Garr, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schiavelli, John Bedford Lloyd, Colin Baumgartner and Hillary Wolf. It was released on November 2, 1990, by Triumph Films. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

In the early 1960s Kay (Garr), a single mother, inherits a run-down diner in a small town in Washington State and gladly moves from Chicago to run it, taking her young son and daughter and her eccentric Aunt Zena (MacLaine), a former magician and vaudevillian who teaches the children magic tricks. Under her instruction they attempt to take revenge on the curmudgeonly neighbor (Schiavelli) who beat them with a belt for stealing his apples, by faking an apparition of an angry ghost. The trick goes awry and he thinks he has had a vision of an angel. Influenced by the tensions of the Cuban Missile Crisis, crowds flock to the town, making the diner prosper. The children feel very guilty, but the international crisis, the spiritual paradox of the fake vision, and Zena's stroke are all happily resolved in the finale of the film. [2] [3]

Cast

Reception

The film grossed $334,748 in its opening weekend. [5]

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