Citizens Band

Citizens Band (1977)

Genres - Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Ensemble Film, Parody/Spoof  |   Release Date - Sep 29, 1977 (USA - Unknown), Sep 29, 1977 (USA)  |   Run Time - 98 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner

CB radios provide a human connection between the lives of a collection of varied characters in Jonathan Demme's energizing film that exploits the CB radio craze of the mid-'70s. Chrome Angel (Charles Napier) is a truck driver who has an accident and is laid up recuperating at the home of Hot Coffee (Alix Elias). A road-roaring philanderer, Chrome Angel is a bigamist with a wife, Dallas (Ann Wedgeworth), in Dallas and another wife, Portland (Marcia Rodd), in Portland. The two women converge in a small town where Spider (Paul Le Mat) and his embittered brother Blood (Bruce McGill) are both trying to date Electra (Candy Clark). The characters' CB monikers weave the characters into the same CB waveband, exemplifying the interconnectedness of an American subculture.

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truckdriver, bigamy, love, prostitute/prostitution, communication, small-town