Track 29 (1988)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Theresa Russell | as | Linda Henry | | Gary Oldman | as | Martin | | Christopher Lloyd | as | Henry Henry | | Colleen Camp | as | Arlanda | | Sandra Bernhard | as | Nurse Stein | | Seymour Cassel | as | Dr. Bernard Fairmont | | Leon Rippy | as | Trucker | | Vance Colvig Jr. | as | Mr. Ennis | | Kathryn Tomlinson | as | Receptionist | | Jerry Rushing | as | Redneck | | Tommy Hull | as | Counterman | | J. Michael Hunter | as | Waiter | | Richard K. Olsen | as | Delegate | | Ted Barrow | as | Old Man |
| | Crew list: | | Nicolas Roeg (Director) | | Dennis Potter (Writer) |
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Review
For this psychological drama, Dennis Potter reworked his 1974 TV play, Schmoedipus, transposing the setting from London to the United States. The title "Track 29" is taken from the lyrics of "Chattanooga Choo Choo." Distraught and dreamy Linda Henry (Theresa Russell) complains to her husband, surgeon Henry Henry (Christopher Lloyd), about their sex-less, childless marriage, but he's obsessed with his basement model railroad layout and also engaged in an affair with a nurse (Sandra Bernhard). When mysterious stranger Martin (Gary Oldman) drops in on Linda, he claims to be her long-lost illegitimate son. As seen in flashbacks, the 16-year-old Linda was raped at a carnival by a man (Gary Oldman) who resembles Martin. Subsequent events hint at Martin as a delusion, a product erupting from Linda's fantasy world. |
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