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The film is a U.S./German co-production (running 95 minutes in the U.S. and 108 minutes in the German version. It is a somewhat surreal comedy set in a down-at-heel truck-stop café and motel in the Mojave Desert. An ill-assorted cast of characters are assembled, including a comfortably built German tourist (Sägebrecht as Jasmin) who has left her husband after a row in the middle of the desert, the short-tempered owner of the café (Pounder as Brenda) who has just thrown her husband out, Brenda's two children and grandchild, a strange ex-Hollywood set-painter (Palance), and a glamorous tattoo artist (Kaufmann). Through a passion for cleaning and for magic tricks, Jasmin transforms the café and all the people in it. Wikiquote quotations related to: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ... ... The word motel originates from the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, first built in 1925 by Arthur Heinman. ... Mojave Desert The Mojave or Mohave Desert occupies a significant portion of Southern California and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. ...

Cast

• Marianne Sägebrecht — Jasmin
• C.C.H. Pounder — Brenda
• Jack Palance — Rudi Cox
• Christine Kaufmann — Debby
• Monica Calhoun — Phyllis
• Darron Flagg — Salomo
• George Aguilar — Cahuenga
• G. Smokey Campbell — Sal
• Hans Stadlbauer — Muenchgstettner
• Alan S. Craig — Eric
• Apesanahkwat — Sheriff Arnie
• Ronald Lee Jarvis — Trucker Ron
• Mark Daneri — Trucker Mark
• Ray Young — Trucker Ray
• Gary Lee Davis — Trucker Gary

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Other credits

• Written by Eleonore Adlon, Percy Adlon, & Christopher Doherty
• Produced by Eleonore Adlon, Percy Adlon, & Dietrich von Watzdorf (executive producer)
• Original music by Bob Telson
• Cinematography by Bernd Heinl
• Film editing by Norbert Herzner

Awards & nominations

• 1988: won Bavarian Film Award Best Screenplay (Eleonore & Percy Adlon)
• 1988: won Ernst Lubitsch Award (Percy Adlon)
• 1989: nominated for the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song (Bob Telson for the song "Calling You")
• 1989: won Amanda Best Foreign Feature Film (Percy Adlon)
• 1989: won Artios Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy (Al Onorato & Jerold Franks)
• 1989: won César Best Foreign Film (Percy Adlon)

Full list of awards (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095801/awards)

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Television series

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External links

• Bagdad Cafe (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095801/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Time Out film review (http://www.timeout.com/film/67299.html)
• Channel 4 film review (http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=100803)