Lot of 2, Meg Tilly, Christine Lahti stills LEAVING NORMAL (1992) Patrika Darbo,

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(They ALL look MUCH better than these pictures above. The circle with the words, “scanned for eBay, Larry41” does not appear on the actual photograph. I just placed them on this listing to protect this high quality image from being bootlegged.)
Lot of 2, Meg Tilly, Christine Lahti stills LEAVING NORMAL (1992) Patrika Darbo, James Gammon GET SIGNED, MINT, vintage studio original
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This lot of approximately 8” x 10” photos will sell as a group. The first picture is just one of the group, please open and look at each still in this lot to measure the high value of all of them together. The circle with the words, “scanned for eBay, Larry41” does not appear on the actual photographs. I just placed them on this listing to protect these high quality images from being bootlegged. They would look great framed on display in your home theater or to add to your portfolio or scrapbook! Some dealers by my lots to break up and sell separately at classic film conventions at much higher prices than my low minimum. A worthy investment for gift giving too!
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DESCRIPTION:
Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti star in this female buddy story that recalls the earlier Thelma and Louise. Marianne (Meg Tilly) is a quiet waif who has just walked out on her abusive husband. Darly (Christine Lahti) is a brassy waitress who was a ballsy stripper using the stage name Pillow Talk. Darly is on her way to Alaska to claim a home being built for her and return to the family she abandoned eighteen years earlier. The two women run into each other and Darly allows Marianne to tag along as they journey to Alaska. On the way, they met a collection of colorful characters, including a strange-talking waitress named 66 (Patrika Darbo), and Walt (James Gammon), a road guy who recognizes Darly as the former Pillow Talk and wants to pay her big money for sex. The women finally make it to Alaska, where Darly finds that the house she was expecting to find has never been built. The two set up in a house trailer and, with the Alaskian wilderness as a backdrop, they begin to reevaluate their lives.
CONDITION:
These quality vintage and original release stills are in MINT condition (old yes, but FLAWLESS). PERFECT TO BE AUTOGRAPHED OR SIGNED AT A PERSONAL APPEARANCE! I doubt there are better condition stills on this title anywhere! Finally, they are not digital or repros. (They came from the studio to the theater during the year of release and went into storage for many years!) They are worth each but since I have recently acquired two huge collections from life long movie buffs who collected for decades… I need to offer these choice items for sale on a first come, first service basis to the highest bidder.
SHIPPING:
Domestic shipping would be FIRST CLASS and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to a pound with even more extra ridge packing.
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BACKGROUND:
“This is a movie about hope, struggle, faith and miracles, everything Thelma and Louise was not. One woman who commits to everything, for a few minutes, another who commits to nothing, fall in with each other, to search for a place for them themselves. This is Frank Capra of the 90's. We may not always know where we are going, and sometimes we might just have to trust, but there is a place for us. If you follow the twelve step philosophy, you can find all twelve steps played out in here. (These are two women who came out of dysfuctional families). The characters are unforgettable, the humor warm and wild, and the relationship that builds from the first ten minutes to the last second of the closing credits should not be missed. I watch this movie every few months and remind myself that if we hang in there, there is a place for us, and almost always,it isn't what we ever expected. I have owned 7 copies of this movie and often give it as gifts. IF you missed it, watch it again. It's there!   The title, "Leaving Normal", is clever because it refers both to physically leaving the fictitious town of Normal, WY, but more significantly, leaving the "normal" state of existence. Christine Lahti is the former dancer and waitress who never progresses beyond that, and Meg Tilley is the abused housewife who has made a series of disastrous choices in her life. As Lahti decides to do something different, and heads to Alaska to re-claim her old, unfinished homestead, she gives Tilley a ride.   They are unlikely road buddies, like Thelma and Louise were. Lahti is funny, daring, scheming (gets 0 from truck driver then slips out the window of the ladies room) and world-wise, while Tilley is just the opposite and insecure with her abilities. Ultimately they bring out the better persons residing in each.   Along the way their car breaks down, they get a ride with another lady pulling a trailer, then they are given her car and trailer when a wealthy bumpkin asks her to stay and marry him. They work their way to Alaska and look up the property, where the unfinished shell of a house still stands, weather-beaten. Through a lot of posturing, eventually they both decide to stay, we see the house being completed in a time-lapse series of shots. Lahti decides to try and find her daughter that she abandoned in the local hospital 18 years earlier.   Both act well, but Tilley is a joy to watch. Her portrayal of the half-ditzy, insecure woman is just perfect. Makes me wonder, whatever happened to Meg Tilley? She hasn't made a theatrical release movie since 1994. Unlike Thelma and Louise, where they drive off Dead Horse Point in Utah at the end, the lives of these two women literally begin as this movie ends. Seen on the "Women's Entertainment" channel, a really good movie, doesn't always take itself too seriously, and has an uplifting message. We are left to wonder if Lahti ever finds her daughter, whether Tilley's trucker friend ever shows up again. Maybe they considered a sequel, but the film wasn't popular to warrant that.   I have often been surprised "Leaving Normal" does not have a "cult following." Often compared to "Thelma and Louise," it may begin along similar lines, but it's ultimate destination is quite different. It is not a film about women's issues, but _human_ issues, more specifically, how we get to happiness, or how it gets to us. It addresses those issues unforgettably.   Marianne Johnson has been running to what she thinks are solutions, but which turn out to be bigger problems. Now in a marriage with an abusive husband in Normal, Wyoming, she runs again, not toward a new solution, but to a bus bench, where she meets Darly, a barmaid who is leaving to claim property in Alaska.   They head off together, and inspired by Marianne's disastrous choices, Darly makes Marianne take a vow to let their path be totally dictated by chance. Along the way, there are successes and more disasters, as well as revelations about Darly's past that reveal she, too, has chosen to run, with disastrous consequences.   They arrive in Palmer Valley, Alaska to far less than what Darly expected but which Marianne curiously feels she wants to live with because "it chose me." Darly, however, despite her talk of letting things just happen, must run away again. By throwing a dart at a map in a local bar, Darly picks a new place to run to, ironically named "Paradise." In the end, though, Darly's actions to get her the money to get her to Paradise only end up forcing her to confront what running away before did to her life.   The film is a fable, but one that teaches its lessons about life and the choices we make transparently. Often hysterically funny, it can also be deeply moving and intensely disturbing. Nonetheless, it generates forgiveness and understanding for even the most reprehensible characters in it, ultimately making us believe happy endings can happen, it's just that they may not be the happy endings we were looking for.   Credit the remarkable performances of just about the entire cast, but especially Christine Lahti as Darly and Meg Tilly and Marianne, as well as the perfect script by Ed Solomon (who also has a bit part as the man who rejects 66 at the dance club).   I really liked this movie. When I saw the cover in a local video rental, I thought it would be a cheezy Thelma & Louise knock-off. I was wrong.   I was impressed by the performances of Lahti and Tilly. While a bit odd and quirky, the characters were also real. Both women annoyed me at times but I could also feel sympathy for them. Some parts of the movie were kind of dreamy and surreal, which gave the film more character. The wilderness backdrops were breathtaking. I laughed my butt off on several occasions.   In all, this was a really cool movie. It's not for all tastes but I think it's worth viewing.”