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Nicolas Roeg

Track 29

Director Nicolas Roeg Music (original) Stanley Myers Cast Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Sandra Bernhard

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90' - 1988 - Mystery, Drama - Format: DCP - Dialogue: English
A postmodern spin on the Oedipus myth that flirts with kitsch, Track 29 is Nicolas Roeg’s provocative take on American family life and arrested development. The life of a Southern babydoll and bored doctor’s wife takes a surprising turn when her long-lost son shows up to seduce her. Anchored by powerhouse performances from Theresa Russell and Gary Oldman, Roeg does what he does best: stylising the collision of reality and fantasy.
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Thursday October
17:15 Studio Skoop 2 Subtitles: English
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Saturday October
19:45 Studio Skoop 2 Subtitles: English
In Track 29, Nicolas Roeg delivers his provocative all-encompassing take on American family life and arrested development. In Wilmington—a pastel-coloured town in North Carolina—Linda (Theresa Russell), the bored wife of a doctor, drifts through her days. She's a Southern babydoll with hair clips and braces, utterly stifled—at least until this postmodern spin on the Oedipus myth takes a surreal turn: her long-lost son (Gary Oldman) shows up to seduce his mother and murder his father, who's obsessed with model trains. Roeg worked from an original script by British writer Dennis Potter—a match made in heaven. Potter, known for The Singing Detective and Pennies From Heaven, was himself a master of elliptical, non-linear storytelling and of blurring the line between fantasy and reality. Track 29 is a psychological drama that flirts with kitsch and deliberately raises more questions than it answers. What is certain, though, are the powerhouse performances by Theresa Russell and a young Gary Oldman.

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Credits

Directors

Nicolas Roeg

Music (original)

Stanley Myers

Cast

Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Sandra Bernhard

Scenario

Dennis Potter

Director of Photography

Alex Thomson

Editors

Tony Lawson

Sales agent

California Pictures

Production studios

Handmade films

More info

Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United States of America, United Kingdom

Screenplay based on

"Schmoedipus" (Dennis Potter)

Year

1988

Filmography

Nicolas Roeg
Now Let's Talk About Music (short, 1967), Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Glastonbury Fayre (1975), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), Black Out (short, 1982), Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), Castaway (1986), Aria (1987), Track 29 (1988), Sweet Bird of Youth (TV film, 1989), The Witches (1990), Cold Heaven (1991), Heart of Darkness (TV film, 1994), Hotel Paradise (short, 1995), Two Deaths (1995), Full Body Massage (TV film, 1995), The Sound of Claudia Schiffer (short, 2000), Puffball (2007)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP