Tilt (1979 film)
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Directed by | Rudy Durand |
Produced by | Rudy Durand |
Written by |
Donald Cammell Rudy Durand |
Starring |
Brooke Shields Ken Marshall Charles Durning Lorenzo Lamas |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates | April 1979 |
Running time | 111 min |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Tilt is a 1979 Drama film starring Brooke Shields as the protagonist, Tilt, a young pinball wizard.
Plot
Tilt (Shields) is a young pinball wizard who has thoughts of running away from home. Skipping school one day, Tilt decides to go to Mickey's Bar, where the owner helps set her up for a pinball game with an unaware gambler named Felix (Gary Mule Deer). As the easily hustled Felix loses, Neil (Ken Marshall) watches and is impressed with Tilt's talent. Neil tells Tilt that he is a hopeful country and western star and needs to raise money to make a demo tape of his songs. After hearing Neil's musical talent, she's impressed and agrees to help by traveling with him, raising cash with her pinball skill. When the two eventually end up back at Neil's former employer, "The Whale" (Charles Durning), Neil sets up a game between Tilt and him. However, Neil doesn't realize Tilt has caught on to his lies and manipulation, and his plans are not going to go as hoped.
Main cast
- Brooke Shields - Tilt (Brenda Louise Davenport)
- Charles Durning - Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
- Ken Marshall - Neil Gallagher
- Lorenzo Lamas - Casey Silverwater
- Don Stark - Gary Laswitz
- John Crawford - Mickey
- Karen Lamm - Hype
- Robert Brian Berger - Replay
- Harvey Lewis - Henry Bertolino
- Geoffrey Lewis - Truck Driver
External links
- Tilt at the Internet Movie Database
- Tilt at the TCM Movie Database
- Tilt at allmovie