Movie Description It's just a greasy spoon and a rusty gas pump in the middle of the Mojave Desert, but to a mysterious, stranded Bavarian woman and a few mismatched regulars, the Bagdad Cafe becomes a magical piece of paradise. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Calling You").
| Credits | | Cast: | CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Monica Calhoun |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound |
Editorial Reviews "...[The film] is American melting pot mythology the way Jim Jarmusch might reinvent it..." Film Comment - p.63-5 - Harlan Jacobson (06/01/1988)
"...An adorable comic fable.....Hilarious and touching....It also offers a renewed, endearingly quirky version of America as the land of opportunity..." Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (05/04/1988)
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