Frameup (1993)
Directed by Jon Jost
Genres - Drama, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Road Movie |
Release Date - Jan 19, 1993 (USA - Unknown), Jan 19, 1993 (USA) |
Run Time - 91 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Tom Vick
Made on short ends of film left over from The Bed You Sleep In, Frameup is a freewheeling road comedy about a pair of dimwitted lovers on the run. Ricky-Lee (Howard Swain), a two-bit criminal prone to spouting lengthy, obscenity-laced soliloquies, meets Beth-Ann (Nancy Carlin), an airheaded waitress with a weakness for romance novels, at the diner where she slings coffee. Immediately smitten, she joins him on a meandering journey across the Pacific Northwest -- punctuated by the occasional robbery -- and on into California, where the couple dream of heading to the sunny beaches of Los Angeles. Ricky-Lee's ineptitude catches up with him eventually, however, and their trip is cut short when a convenience store robbery goes awry.
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criminal, fugitive, road-trip, waiter